diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
index f27d3e06adb5..5f22f277952a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/dosbox/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   libGLU,
   OpenGL,
   libpng,
+  binutils,
   makeDesktopItem,
 }:
 
@@ -33,10 +34,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
     copyDesktopItems
     graphicsmagick
+    SDL # for sdl-config during build time
+  ];
+
+  depsBuildBuild = [
+    binutils # build calls `ar`
   ];
 
   buildInputs =