diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmbim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmbim/default.nix
index 55bfc17239e2..8f19d0d2e6ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libmbim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libmbim/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 , help2man
 , systemd
 , bash-completion
+, bash
 , buildPackages
 , withIntrospection ? stdenv.hostPlatform.emulatorAvailable buildPackages
+, withDocs ? stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform
 , gobject-introspection
 }:
 
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libmbim";
   version = "1.28.2";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "man" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ]
+    ++ lib.optionals withDocs [ "man" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "gitlab.freedesktop.org";
@@ -31,14 +34,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   mesonFlags = [
     "-Dudevdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev"
     (lib.mesonBool "introspection" withIntrospection)
+    (lib.mesonBool "man" withDocs)
   ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
     python3
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withDocs [
     help2man
+  ] ++ lib.optionals withIntrospection [
     gobject-introspection
   ];
 
@@ -46,6 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
     systemd
     bash-completion
+    bash
   ];
 
   doCheck = true;