diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
index 3c2872e6fa..d053a3e643 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/trace/viewer/traceViewer.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export type TraceViewerRedirectOptions = {
   webApp?: string;
   isServer?: boolean;
   outputDir?: string;
+  updateSnapshots?: 'all' | 'none' | 'missing';
 };
 
 export type TraceViewerAppOptions = {
@@ -132,6 +133,8 @@ export async function installRootRedirect(server: HttpServer, traceUrls: string[
     params.append('headed', '');
   if (options.outputDir)
     params.append('outputDir', options.outputDir);
+  if (options.updateSnapshots)
+    params.append('updateSnapshots', options.updateSnapshots);
   for (const reporter of options.reporter || [])
     params.append('reporter', reporter);
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/testServerInterface.ts b/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/testServerInterface.ts
index c63a9793d3..ac06f65c24 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/testServerInterface.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/isomorphic/testServerInterface.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export interface TestServerInterface {
     workers?: number | string;
     timeout?: number,
     outputDir?: string;
+    updateSnapshots?: 'all' | 'none' | 'missing';
     reporters?: string[],
     trace?: 'on' | 'off';
     video?: 'on' | 'off';
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/program.ts b/packages/playwright/src/program.ts
index f462b81d43..6e49a02b05 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/program.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/program.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ async function runTests(args: string[], opts: { [key: string]: any }) {
       workers: cliOverrides.workers,
       timeout: cliOverrides.timeout,
       outputDir: cliOverrides.outputDir,
+      updateSnapshots: cliOverrides.updateSnapshots,
     });
     await stopProfiling('runner');
     if (status === 'restarted')
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/runner/testServer.ts b/packages/playwright/src/runner/testServer.ts
index e797ed9b08..c5133df3eb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/runner/testServer.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/runner/testServer.ts
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ class TestServerDispatcher implements TestServerInterface {
         _optionConnectOptions: params.connectWsEndpoint ? { wsEndpoint: params.connectWsEndpoint } : undefined,
       },
       outputDir: params.outputDir,
+      updateSnapshots: params.updateSnapshots,
       workers: params.workers,
     };
     if (params.trace === 'on')
diff --git a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
index 914280cb34..c626c862c9 100644
--- a/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
+++ b/packages/trace-viewer/src/ui/uiModeView.tsx
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ const queryParams = {
   timeout: searchParams.has('timeout') ? +searchParams.get('timeout')! : undefined,
   headed: searchParams.has('headed'),
   outputDir: searchParams.get('outputDir') || undefined,
+  updateSnapshots: (searchParams.get('updateSnapshots') as 'all' | 'none' | 'missing' | undefined) || undefined,
   reporters: searchParams.has('reporter') ? searchParams.getAll('reporter') : undefined,
 };
+if (queryParams.updateSnapshots && !['all', 'none', 'missing'].includes(queryParams.updateSnapshots))
+  queryParams.updateSnapshots = undefined;
 
 const isMac = navigator.platform === 'MacIntel';
 
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ export const UIModeView: React.FC<{}> = ({
         timeout: queryParams.timeout,
         headed: queryParams.headed,
         outputDir: queryParams.outputDir,
+        updateSnapshots: queryParams.updateSnapshots,
         reporters: queryParams.reporters,
         trace: 'on',
       });