diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/command/build_command.dart b/webdev/lib/src/command/build_command.dart
index 822211b95..1d1c64fdd 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/command/build_command.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/command/build_command.dart
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 // BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'build_runner_command_base.dart';
+import 'command_base.dart';
 
 /// Command to execute pub run build_runner build.
-class BuildCommand extends BuildRunnerCommandBase {
+class BuildCommand extends CommandBase {
   BuildCommand() : super(releaseDefault: true);
 
   @override
diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/command/build_runner_command_base.dart b/webdev/lib/src/command/command_base.dart
similarity index 95%
rename from webdev/lib/src/command/build_runner_command_base.dart
rename to webdev/lib/src/command/command_base.dart
index fe7adc399..f5fd1a7ba 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/command/build_runner_command_base.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/command/command_base.dart
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ const _verbose = 'verbose';
 
 /// Extend to get a command with the arguments common to all build_runner
 /// commands.
-abstract class BuildRunnerCommandBase extends Command<int> {
+abstract class CommandBase extends Command<int> {
   final bool releaseDefault;
 
-  BuildRunnerCommandBase({@required this.releaseDefault}) {
+  CommandBase({@required this.releaseDefault}) {
     // TODO(nshahan) Expose more common args passed to build_runner commands.
     // build_runner might expose args for use in wrapping scripts like this one.
     argParser
@@ -45,13 +45,8 @@ abstract class BuildRunnerCommandBase extends Command<int> {
           help: 'Enables verbose logging.');
   }
 
-  Future<int> runCore(String command) async {
-    await checkPubspecLock();
-
-    var buildRunnerScript = await _buildRunnerScript();
-
-    final arguments = [command];
-
+  List<String> getArgs() {
+    var arguments = <String>[];
     if ((argResults[_release] as bool) ?? releaseDefault) {
       arguments.add('--$_release');
     }
@@ -64,6 +59,15 @@ abstract class BuildRunnerCommandBase extends Command<int> {
     if (argResults[_verbose] as bool) {
       arguments.add('--$_verbose');
     }
+    return arguments;
+  }
+
+  Future<int> runCore(String command) async {
+    await checkPubspecLock();
+
+    var buildRunnerScript = await _buildRunnerScript();
+
+    final arguments = [command]..addAll(getArgs());
 
     var exitCode = 0;
 
diff --git a/webdev/lib/src/command/serve_command.dart b/webdev/lib/src/command/serve_command.dart
index 142d2da87..116742f39 100644
--- a/webdev/lib/src/command/serve_command.dart
+++ b/webdev/lib/src/command/serve_command.dart
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 import 'dart:async';
 
-import 'build_runner_command_base.dart';
+import 'command_base.dart';
 
 /// Command to execute pub run build_runner serve.
-class ServeCommand extends BuildRunnerCommandBase {
+class ServeCommand extends CommandBase {
   @override
   final name = 'serve';
 
@@ -30,6 +30,22 @@ class ServeCommand extends BuildRunnerCommandBase {
           help: 'Enables logging for each request to the server.');
   }
 
+  @override
+  List<String> getArgs() {
+    var arguments = super.getArgs();
+
+    var hostname = argResults['hostname'] as String;
+    if (hostname != null) {
+      arguments.addAll(['--hostname', hostname]);
+    }
+
+    if (argResults['log-requests'] == true) {
+      arguments.add('--log-requests');
+    }
+
+    return arguments;
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<int> run() => runCore('serve');
 }