diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libde265/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libde265/package.nix
index 771b9e336634..a8ab148d21bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libde265/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libde265/package.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   passthru.tests = {