diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/default.nix
index 6992c79a37ed..7920a3d61a7a 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, callPackage, fetchDartDeps, runCommand, writeText, dartHooks, makeWrapper, dart, cacert, nodejs, darwin, jq }:
 
-{ pubGetScript ? "dart pub get"
+{ sdkSetupScript ? ""
+, pubGetScript ? "dart pub get"
 
   # Output type to produce. Can be any kind supported by dart
   # https://dart.dev/tools/dart-compile#types-of-output
@@ -41,13 +42,13 @@ let
     '';
   }) {
     buildDrvArgs = args;
-    inherit pubGetScript vendorHash pubspecLockFile;
+    inherit sdkSetupScript pubGetScript vendorHash pubspecLockFile;
   };
   inherit (dartHooks.override { inherit dart; }) dartConfigHook dartBuildHook dartInstallHook dartFixupHook;
 
   baseDerivation = stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: args // {
-    inherit pubGetScript dartCompileCommand dartOutputType dartRuntimeCommand
-      dartCompileFlags dartJitFlags runtimeDependencies;
+    inherit sdkSetupScript pubGetScript dartCompileCommand dartOutputType
+      dartRuntimeCommand dartCompileFlags dartJitFlags runtimeDependencies;
 
     dartEntryPoints =
       if (dartEntryPoints != null)
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/hooks/dart-config-hook.sh b/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/hooks/dart-config-hook.sh
index 3e901995237d..f22d7d2ce64d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/hooks/dart-config-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dart/build-dart-application/hooks/dart-config-hook.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 dartConfigHook() {
     echo "Executing dartConfigHook"
 
+    echo "Setting up SDK"
+    eval "$sdkSetupScript"
+
     echo "Installing dependencies"
     eval doPubGet "$pubGetScript" --offline