diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
index 4a71ca7879d7..47927ab6477b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ap/apparmor-parser/package.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   # apparmor deps
   libapparmor,
   apparmor-bin-utils,
+  runtimeShellPackage,
 
   # testing
   perl,
@@ -39,7 +40,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     which
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libapparmor ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    libapparmor
+    runtimeShellPackage
+  ];
 
   makeFlags = [
     "LANGS="
@@ -64,12 +68,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   postCheck = "popd";
 
   doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
-  checkInputs = [
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
     bashInteractive
     perl
     python3
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = libapparmor.meta // {
     description = "Mandatory access control system - core library";
     mainProgram = "apparmor_parser";