diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/si/sile/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/si/sile/package.nix
index dd67e16272b9..307df39ca282 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/si/sile/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/si/sile/package.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     zstd
     pkg-config
+    fontconfig # fc-match
     jq
     cargo
     rustc
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       gentium
     ];
   };
+  strictDeps = true;
+  env.LUA = "${finalAttrs.finalPackage.passthru.luaEnv}/bin/lua";
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;