diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
index 41914b2d..58366566 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ PACKAGE_INSTALL = "task-core-boot \
 		   strace \
 		   bash \
 		   tar \
+		   gawk \
 		   ncurses \
 		   python-modules \
 		   python-misc"