diff --git a/res/linuxPackaging.json b/res/linuxPackaging.json
index 687e31c3eaf..e804f2ce30e 100644
--- a/res/linuxPackaging.json
+++ b/res/linuxPackaging.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     "lsb"
   ],
   "depends": [
+    "gawk",
     "git",
     "gconf2",
     "gconf-service",