diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix
index ecbd00ec0094..0bd3a9f3cf97 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/diffutils/package.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # If no explicit coreutils is given, use the one from stdenv.
   buildInputs = [ coreutils ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   # Disable stack-related gnulib tests on x86_64-darwin because they have problems running under
   # Rosetta 2: test-c-stack hangs, test-sigsegv-catch-stackoverflow and test-sigaction fail.
   # Disable all gnulib tests when building on Darwin due to test-nl_langinfo-mt failure