diff --git a/eggdrop.spec b/eggdrop.spec
index 93c2a55..0d36398 100644
--- a/eggdrop.spec
+++ b/eggdrop.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ URL:		http://www.eggheads.org/
 Source:		ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/1.6/%{name}%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:		eggdrop-1.6.17-conf.patch
 Patch1:		eggdrop-1.6.17-langdir.patch
-BuildRequires:	tcl-devel >= 8.3, bind-devel, zlib-devel
+BuildRequires:	tcl-devel >= 8.3, bind-devel, zlib-devel, gawk
 BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description