diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-user-share/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-user-share/package.nix
index 5a281dbe7828..013174691c91 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-user-share/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gn/gnome-user-share/package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   stdenv,
   lib,
+  buildPackages,
   gettext,
   meson,
   ninja,
@@ -28,11 +29,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-H6wbuIAN+kitnD4ZaQ9+EOZ6T5lNnLF8rh0b3/yRRLo=";
   };
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    sed -e 's,^LoadModule dnssd_module.\+,LoadModule dnssd_module ${mod_dnssd}/modules/mod_dnssd.so,' \
-      -e 's,''${HTTP_MODULES_PATH},${apacheHttpd}/modules,' \
-      -i data/dav_user_2.4.conf
-  '';
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      sed -e 's,^LoadModule dnssd_module.\+,LoadModule dnssd_module ${mod_dnssd}/modules/mod_dnssd.so,' \
+        -e 's,''${HTTP_MODULES_PATH},${apacheHttpd}/modules,' \
+        -i data/dav_user_2.4.conf
+    ''
+    + lib.optionalString (!stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
+      substituteInPlace meson.build --replace-fail \
+        "run_command([httpd, '-v']" \
+        "run_command(['${stdenv.hostPlatform.emulator buildPackages}', httpd, '-v']"
+    '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dhttpd=${apacheHttpd.out}/bin/httpd"
@@ -45,6 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     meson
     ninja
     gettext
+    glib # for glib-compile-schemas
     itstool
     libxml2
     wrapGAppsNoGuiHook
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome.updateScript {