diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
index ecd877096f93..b12df1dce429 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/procps-ng/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   makeFlags = [ "usrbin_execdir=$(out)/bin" ] ++ lib.optionals watchOnly [ "src/watch" ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
 
   # Too red; 8bit support for fixing https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/275220
   configureFlags = [