diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
index 20eb05732f9c..73af43bffcfd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sd/SDL2_image/package.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-j0hrv7z4Rk3VjJ5dkzlKsCVc5otRxalmqRgkSCCnbdw=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    SDL2
+    pkg-config
+  ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
@@ -59,6 +62,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     (lib.enableFeature false "imageio")
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = {