diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-avahi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-avahi/package.nix
index 5059076f56d2..3ad6ff9dd2c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-avahi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-avahi/package.nix
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-Yr+OiqaGv6DgsjxSoc4sAjy4OO/D+Q50vdSTPEeIrV8=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config texinfo ];
+  strictDeps = true;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook guile pkg-config texinfo ];
   buildInputs = [ guile ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ avahi gmp ];
 
   doCheck = true;
   makeFlags = [ "GUILE_AUTO_COMPILE=0" ];
+  env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin "-Wno-unused-function";
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Bindings to Avahi for GNU Guile";