diff --git a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
index c0eef55ba9..acda54e9e7 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/gnu.scm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ (define %standard-inputs
           (list name (nixpkgs-derivation name)))
         '("gnutar" "gzip" "bzip2" "xz" "diffutils" "patch"
           "coreutils" "gnused" "gnugrep" "bash"
+          "gawk"                                  ; used by `config.status'
           "gcc" "binutils" "gnumake" "glibc"))))
 
 (define* (gnu-build store name source inputs