diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
index a31390c4ea3b..1ad4a0bf2f95 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gd/gdbm/package.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   hardeningDisable = [ "strictflexarrays3" ];
 
   configureFlags = [ (lib.enableFeature true "libgdbm-compat") ];