diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/components/snippet_header.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/components/snippet_header.vue
index a8f95748e7ed6ee1e4b8503be4ba5dccb56ee697..466b273cae4771b10b051180edd8f35c83e87654 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/components/snippet_header.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/components/snippet_header.vue
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export default {
       },
     },
   },
+  inject: ['reportAbusePath'],
   props: {
     snippet: {
       type: Object,
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ export default {
           click: this.showDeleteModal,
           variant: 'danger',
           category: 'secondary',
-          cssClass: 'ml-2',
         },
         {
           condition: this.canCreateSnippet,
@@ -103,10 +103,18 @@ export default {
             : joinPaths('/', gon.relative_url_root, '/-/snippets/new'),
           variant: 'success',
           category: 'secondary',
-          cssClass: 'ml-2',
+        },
+        {
+          condition: this.reportAbusePath,
+          text: __('Submit as spam'),
+          href: this.reportAbusePath,
+          title: __('Submit as spam'),
         },
       ];
     },
+    hasPersonalSnippetActions() {
+      return Boolean(this.personalSnippetActions.filter(({ condition }) => condition).length);
+    },
     editLink() {
       return `${this.snippet.webUrl}/edit`;
     },
@@ -212,7 +220,7 @@ export default {
       </div>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="detail-page-header-actions">
+    <div v-if="hasPersonalSnippetActions" class="detail-page-header-actions">
       <div class="d-none d-sm-flex">
         <template v-for="(action, index) in personalSnippetActions">
           <div
@@ -221,6 +229,7 @@ export default {
             v-gl-tooltip
             :title="action.title"
             class="d-inline-block"
+            :class="{ 'gl-ml-3': index > 0 }"
           >
             <gl-button
               :disabled="action.disabled"
@@ -239,15 +248,17 @@ export default {
       </div>
       <div class="d-block d-sm-none dropdown">
         <gl-dropdown :text="__('Options')" block>
-          <gl-dropdown-item
-            v-for="(action, index) in personalSnippetActions"
-            :key="index"
-            :disabled="action.disabled"
-            :title="action.title"
-            :href="action.href"
-            @click="action.click ? action.click() : undefined"
-            >{{ action.text }}</gl-dropdown-item
-          >
+          <template v-for="(action, index) in personalSnippetActions">
+            <gl-dropdown-item
+              v-if="action.condition"
+              :key="index"
+              :disabled="action.disabled"
+              :title="action.title"
+              :href="action.href"
+              @click="action.click ? action.click() : undefined"
+              >{{ action.text }}</gl-dropdown-item
+            >
+          </template>
         </gl-dropdown>
       </div>
     </div>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/index.js
index 576bfe8756112fefb6a1b26a4f92d0b949fb0335..dec8dcec1797f2b5c2b61ce795af2ae6e5859815 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/snippets/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export default function appFactory(el, Component) {
     visibilityLevels = '[]',
     selectedLevel,
     multipleLevelsRestricted,
+    reportAbusePath,
     ...restDataset
   } = el.dataset;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export default function appFactory(el, Component) {
       visibilityLevels: JSON.parse(visibilityLevels),
       selectedLevel: SNIPPET_LEVELS_MAP[selectedLevel] ?? SNIPPET_VISIBILITY_PRIVATE,
       multipleLevelsRestricted: 'multipleLevelsRestricted' in el.dataset,
+      reportAbusePath,
     },
     render(createElement) {
       return createElement(Component, {
diff --git a/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb b/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
index 84eb0405c015562b48e10695008233808065f7f7..e9ef9146529328683abf792c990e0a038274b941 100644
--- a/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/snippets_helper.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ def snippet_badge_attributes(snippet)
     end
   end
 
+  def snippet_report_abuse_path(snippet)
+    return unless snippet.submittable_as_spam_by?(current_user)
+
+    mark_as_spam_snippet_path(snippet)
+  end
+
   def embedded_raw_snippet_button(snippet, blob)
     return if blob.empty? || blob.binary? || blob.stored_externally?
 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/snippets/show.html.haml b/app/views/projects/snippets/show.html.haml
index a296394a2e00abe710e43429f4a219c07c5a67e8..8ef53c40b11529b9c133d1f7e1a4e429e2f7689d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/snippets/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/snippets/show.html.haml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 - breadcrumb_title @snippet.to_reference
 - page_title "#{@snippet.title} (#{@snippet.to_reference})", _("Snippets")
 
-#js-snippet-view{ data: {'qa-selector': 'snippet_view', 'snippet-gid': @snippet.to_global_id} }
+#js-snippet-view{ data: {'qa-selector': 'snippet_view', 'snippet-gid': @snippet.to_global_id, 'report-abuse-path': snippet_report_abuse_path(@snippet) } }
 
 .row-content-block.top-block.content-component-block
   = render 'award_emoji/awards_block', awardable: @snippet, inline: true, api_awards_path: project_snippets_award_api_path(@snippet)
diff --git a/app/views/snippets/show.html.haml b/app/views/snippets/show.html.haml
index 4fdb9e70742dfcf2de9dc3adab5542ef33226665..ca52a1f8f46a1364ca5a6b499c205c11bcc9dca1 100644
--- a/app/views/snippets/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/snippets/show.html.haml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 - content_for :prefetch_asset_tags do
   - webpack_preload_asset_tag('monaco', prefetch: true)
 
-#js-snippet-view{ data: {'qa-selector': 'snippet_view', 'snippet-gid': @snippet.to_global_id} }
+#js-snippet-view{ data: {'qa-selector': 'snippet_view', 'snippet-gid': @snippet.to_global_id, 'report-abuse-path': snippet_report_abuse_path(@snippet) } }
 
 .row-content-block.top-block.content-component-block
   = render 'award_emoji/awards_block', awardable: @snippet, inline: true
diff --git a/spec/frontend/snippets/components/snippet_header_spec.js b/spec/frontend/snippets/components/snippet_header_spec.js
index e77bae79f68306983c73e3cb5f2ed9d7642af59a..fb95be3a77c3436759b29aa293eefdec6ed3e163 100644
--- a/spec/frontend/snippets/components/snippet_header_spec.js
+++ b/spec/frontend/snippets/components/snippet_header_spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GlButton, GlModal } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { GlButton, GlModal, GlDropdown } from '@gitlab/ui';
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { ApolloMutation } from 'vue-apollo';
 import { useMockLocationHelper } from 'helpers/mock_window_location_helper';
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import { differenceInMilliseconds } from '~/lib/utils/datetime_utility';
 import SnippetHeader from '~/snippets/components/snippet_header.vue';
 import DeleteSnippetMutation from '~/snippets/mutations/deleteSnippet.mutation.graphql';
 
-useMockLocationHelper();
-
 describe('Snippet header component', () => {
   let wrapper;
   let snippet;
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
   let errorMsg;
   let err;
   const originalRelativeUrlRoot = gon.relative_url_root;
+  const reportAbusePath = '/-/snippets/42/mark_as_spam';
 
   const GlEmoji = { template: '<img/>' };
 
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
     permissions = {},
     mutationRes = mutationTypes.RESOLVE,
     snippetProps = {},
+    provide = {},
   } = {}) {
     const defaultProps = Object.assign(snippet, snippetProps);
     if (permissions) {
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
 
     wrapper = mount(SnippetHeader, {
       mocks: { $apollo },
+      provide: {
+        reportAbusePath,
+        ...provide,
+      },
       propsData: {
         snippet: {
           ...defaultProps,
@@ -57,9 +61,27 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
     });
   }
 
-  const findAuthorEmoji = () => wrapper.find(GlEmoji);
+  const findAuthorEmoji = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlEmoji);
   const findAuthoredMessage = () => wrapper.find('[data-testid="authored-message"]').text();
-  const buttonCount = () => wrapper.findAll(GlButton).length;
+  const findButtons = () => wrapper.findAllComponents(GlButton);
+  const findButtonsAsModel = () =>
+    findButtons().wrappers.map((x) => ({
+      text: x.text(),
+      href: x.attributes('href'),
+      category: x.props('category'),
+      variant: x.props('variant'),
+      disabled: x.props('disabled'),
+    }));
+  const findResponsiveDropdown = () => wrapper.findComponent(GlDropdown);
+  // We can't search by component here since we are full mounting and the attributes are applied to a child of the GlDropdownItem
+  const findResponsiveDropdownItems = () => findResponsiveDropdown().findAll('[role="menuitem"]');
+  const findResponsiveDropdownItemsAsModel = () =>
+    findResponsiveDropdownItems().wrappers.map((x) => ({
+      disabled: x.attributes('disabled'),
+      href: x.attributes('href'),
+      title: x.attributes('title'),
+      text: x.text(),
+    }));
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     gon.relative_url_root = '/foo/';
@@ -144,42 +166,108 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
     expect(text).toBe('Authored 1 month ago');
   });
 
-  it('renders action buttons based on permissions', () => {
-    createComponent({
-      permissions: {
-        adminSnippet: false,
-        updateSnippet: false,
+  it('renders a action buttons', () => {
+    createComponent();
+
+    expect(findButtonsAsModel()).toEqual([
+      {
+        category: 'primary',
+        disabled: false,
+        href: `${snippet.webUrl}/edit`,
+        text: 'Edit',
+        variant: 'default',
       },
-    });
-    expect(buttonCount()).toEqual(0);
+      {
+        category: 'secondary',
+        disabled: false,
+        text: 'Delete',
+        variant: 'danger',
+      },
+      {
+        category: 'primary',
+        disabled: false,
+        href: reportAbusePath,
+        text: 'Submit as spam',
+        variant: 'default',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
 
-    createComponent({
-      permissions: {
-        adminSnippet: true,
-        updateSnippet: false,
+  it('renders responsive dropdown for action buttons', () => {
+    createComponent();
+
+    expect(findResponsiveDropdownItemsAsModel()).toEqual([
+      {
+        href: `${snippet.webUrl}/edit`,
+        text: 'Edit',
       },
-    });
-    expect(buttonCount()).toEqual(1);
+      {
+        text: 'Delete',
+      },
+      {
+        href: reportAbusePath,
+        text: 'Submit as spam',
+        title: 'Submit as spam',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
 
+  it.each`
+    permissions                                      | buttons
+    ${{ adminSnippet: false, updateSnippet: false }} | ${['Submit as spam']}
+    ${{ adminSnippet: true, updateSnippet: false }}  | ${['Delete', 'Submit as spam']}
+    ${{ adminSnippet: false, updateSnippet: true }}  | ${['Edit', 'Submit as spam']}
+  `('with permissions ($permissions), renders buttons ($buttons)', ({ permissions, buttons }) => {
     createComponent({
       permissions: {
-        adminSnippet: true,
-        updateSnippet: true,
+        ...permissions,
       },
     });
-    expect(buttonCount()).toEqual(2);
 
-    createComponent({
-      permissions: {
-        adminSnippet: true,
-        updateSnippet: true,
-      },
+    expect(findButtonsAsModel().map((x) => x.text)).toEqual(buttons);
+  });
+
+  it('with canCreateSnippet permission, renders create button', async () => {
+    createComponent();
+
+    // TODO: we should avoid `wrapper.setData` since they
+    // are component internals. Let's use the apollo mock helpers
+    // in a follow-up.
+    wrapper.setData({ canCreateSnippet: true });
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+
+    expect(findButtonsAsModel()).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        {
+          category: 'secondary',
+          disabled: false,
+          href: `/foo/-/snippets/new`,
+          text: 'New snippet',
+          variant: 'success',
+        },
+      ]),
+    );
+  });
+
+  describe('with guest user', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      createComponent({
+        permissions: {
+          adminSnippet: false,
+          updateSnippet: false,
+        },
+        provide: {
+          reportAbusePath: null,
+        },
+      });
     });
-    wrapper.setData({
-      canCreateSnippet: true,
+
+    it('does not show any action buttons', () => {
+      expect(findButtons()).toHaveLength(0);
     });
-    return wrapper.vm.$nextTick().then(() => {
-      expect(buttonCount()).toEqual(3);
+
+    it('does not show responsive action dropdown', () => {
+      expect(findResponsiveDropdown().exists()).toBe(false);
     });
   });
 
@@ -221,6 +309,8 @@ describe('Snippet header component', () => {
     });
 
     describe('in case of successful mutation, closes modal and redirects to correct listing', () => {
+      useMockLocationHelper();
+
       const createDeleteSnippet = (snippetProps = {}) => {
         createComponent({
           snippetProps,
diff --git a/spec/helpers/snippets_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/snippets_helper_spec.rb
index 35882c9337b326302320590729da837522f07b08..12d791d8710c13277d5b43ddfcdf9f56428ccef5 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/snippets_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/snippets_helper_spec.rb
@@ -92,4 +92,23 @@ def download_link(url)
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#snippet_report_abuse_path' do
+    let(:snippet) { public_personal_snippet }
+    let(:current_user) { create(:user) }
+
+    subject { snippet_report_abuse_path(snippet) }
+
+    it 'returns false if the user cannot submit the snippet as spam' do
+      allow(snippet).to receive(:submittable_as_spam_by?).and_return(false)
+
+      expect(subject).to be_falsey
+    end
+
+    it 'returns true if the user can submit the snippet as spam' do
+      allow(snippet).to receive(:submittable_as_spam_by?).and_return(true)
+
+      expect(subject).to be_truthy
+    end
+  end
 end