diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix
index a3e42d9121fb..f49e5db55a6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/survex/default.nix
@@ -57,10 +57,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       libX11
     ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
   '';
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "WX_CONFIG=${lib.getExe' (lib.getDev wxGTK32) "wx-config"}"
+  ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
   doCheck = (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin); # times out
   enableParallelChecking = false;