diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cj/cjs/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cj/cjs/package.nix
index bb7ab672dbf0..867b6941d5ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cj/cjs/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cj/cjs/package.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "-Dprofiler=disabled"
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    patchShebangs --build build/choose-tests-locale.sh
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/linuxmint/cjs";
     description = "JavaScript bindings for Cinnamon";