diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
index 154e604e4976..1e2938d3a8e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbfd/default.nix
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # We update these ourselves
   dontUpdateAutotoolsGnuConfigScripts = true;
 
+  strictDeps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook bison ];
   buildInputs = [ libiberty zlib.dev ];