diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-gsettings-overrides/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-gsettings-overrides/default.nix
index 8795f1b918f0..a8d46d578996 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-gsettings-overrides/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/cinnamon/cinnamon-gsettings-overrides/default.nix
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ runCommand "cinnamon-gsettings-overrides" { preferLocalBuild = true; }
     ${extraGSettingsOverrides}
     EOF
 
-    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas "$schema_dir"
+    ${glib.dev}/bin/glib-compile-schemas --strict "$schema_dir"
   ''