diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index d64417f1b7..7e481b4072 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ bsdmainutils
 curl
 default-jre-headless  # NOPRIME
 g++
+gawk
 gcc
 gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs
 git
diff --git a/files/debs/nova b/files/debs/nova
index a7aebbf946..e19441453b 100644
--- a/files/debs/nova
+++ b/files/debs/nova
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ curl
 dnsmasq-base
 dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release
 ebtables
-gawk
 genisoimage # required for config_drive
 iptables
 iputils-arping
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/general b/files/rpms-suse/general
index 0de0876dcd..f63611025c 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/general
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/general
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ apache2-devel
 bc
 ca-certificates-mozilla
 curl
+gawk
 gcc
 gcc-c++
 git-core
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/nova b/files/rpms-suse/nova
index 9923760750..1cc2f62ea5 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/nova
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/nova
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ curl
 dnsmasq
 dnsmasq-utils # dist:opensuse-12.3,opensuse-13.1
 ebtables
-gawk
 iptables
 iputils
 kpartx
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index cfcd7ff261..33da0a5385 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 bc
 curl
 dbus
+gawk
 gcc
 gcc-c++
 gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs
diff --git a/files/rpms/nova b/files/rpms/nova
index 2218330230..8ea8ccc5ca 100644
--- a/files/rpms/nova
+++ b/files/rpms/nova
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ curl
 dnsmasq # for q-dhcp
 dnsmasq-utils # for dhcp_release
 ebtables
-gawk
 genisoimage # required for config_drive
 iptables
 iputils