diff --git a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-sqlite3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-sqlite3/default.nix
index 430249f2c935..4b309f7fbe5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-sqlite3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/guile-modules/guile-sqlite3/default.nix
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-C1a6lMK4O49043coh8EQkTWALrPolitig3eYf+l+HmM=";
   };
 
+  strictDeps = true;
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook
+    guile
     pkg-config
     texinfo
   ];