diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
index 65f27f497b7f..9ccc369429df 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/gem-config/default.nix
@@ -305,19 +305,26 @@ in
   };
 
   mathematical = attrs: {
-    buildInputs = [
+    nativeBuildInputs = [
+      ruby
       cmake
       bison
       flex
-      glib
       pkgconfig
-      cairo
-      pango
-      gdk-pixbuf
-      libxml2
       python3
     ];
 
+    buildInputs = [
+      cairo
+      fribidi
+      gdk-pixbuf
+      glib
+      libxml2
+      pango
+    ];
+
+    strictDeps = true;
+
     # The ruby build script takes care of this
     dontUseCmakeConfigure = true;