diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4e65e5e6591e..556852b8706f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ Unreleased
 - Fix inline tests with *js_of_ocaml* and whole program compilation mode
   enabled (#6645, @hhugo)
 
+- Allow `--sandbox` to affect `ocamldep` invocations. Previously, they were
+  wrongly marked as incompatible (#.., @rgrinberg)
+
 3.6.1 (2022-11-24)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/src/dune_rules/compilation_context.ml b/src/dune_rules/compilation_context.ml
index 9675e284e93c..fe374180a477 100644
--- a/src/dune_rules/compilation_context.ml
+++ b/src/dune_rules/compilation_context.ml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ let create ~super_context ~scope ~expander ~obj_dir ~modules ~flags
   let opaque = eval_opaque (Super_context.context super_context) opaque in
   let ocamldep_modules_data : Ocamldep.Modules_data.t =
     { dir = Obj_dir.dir obj_dir
-    ; sandbox
+    ; sandbox = Sandbox_config.no_special_requirements
     ; obj_dir
     ; sctx = super_context
     ; vimpl