diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mb/mbuffer/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mb/mbuffer/package.nix
index 25b5f00be30f..d20292c5269c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mb/mbuffer/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mb/mbuffer/package.nix
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     which
   ];
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    openssl
+  ];
 
   doCheck = true;
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   meta = {
     description = "Tool for buffering data streams with a large set of unique features";