diff --git a/docs/manual/prerequisite.adoc b/docs/manual/prerequisite.adoc
index 5d3aa297a9..1bfcff1a4a 100644
--- a/docs/manual/prerequisite.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual/prerequisite.adoc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ between distributions).
 ** +file+ (must be in +/usr/bin/file+)
 ** +bc+
 ** +findutils+
+** +awk+
 
 * Source fetching tools:
 ** +wget+
diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index fb0defd0c9..2843e3c5d5 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fi
 
 # Check that a few mandatory programs are installed
 missing_progs="no"
-for prog in perl tar wget cpio unzip rsync bc cmp find xargs ${DL_TOOLS} ; do
+for prog in perl tar wget cpio unzip rsync bc cmp find xargs awk ${DL_TOOLS} ; do
 	if ! which $prog > /dev/null ; then
 		echo "You must install '$prog' on your build machine";
 		missing_progs="yes"