diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-hall/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-hall/package.nix
index 4a7ae9bef5d6..ba71e6e82e13 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-hall/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gu/guile-hall/package.nix
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-TUCN8kW44X6iGbSJURurcz/Tc2eCH1xgmXH1sMOMOXs=";
   };
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    guile
     pkg-config
     texinfo
     makeWrapper