diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_4.0.1.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_4.0.1.bb
index fcd761984d..38ad25b588 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_4.0.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_4.0.1.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SECTION = "console/utils"
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
+DEPENDS += "readline"
+
 RDEPENDS_gawk += "gawk-common"
 RDEPENDS_pgawk += "gawk-common"
 PR = "r1"