diff --git a/templates/gawk-locale b/templates/gawk-locale
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..7ef87eea4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gawk-locale
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gawk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/gawk/locale.template b/templates/gawk/locale.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a000cacf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gawk/locale.template
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Template file for 'gawk-locale'.
+#
+short_desc="${short_desc} (locales)"
+long_desc="${long_desc}
+
+ This package contains the ${sourcepkg} locale files, for non US users."
+run_depends=
+noarch=yes
+
+do_install()
+{
+	local destdir=${XBPS_DESTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}
+
+	mkdir -p ${destdir}/usr/share
+	mv ${XBPS_DESTDIR}/${sourcepkg}-${version}/usr/share/locale \
+		${destdir}/usr/share
+}
diff --git a/templates/gawk/template b/templates/gawk/template
index 1889c0ca7e..31d802104c 100644
--- a/templates/gawk/template
+++ b/templates/gawk/template
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'gawk'
 pkgname=gawk
+sourcepkg=gawk
 version=3.1.6
 distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu_configure
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ long_desc="
 
 base_chroot=yes 
 run_depends="glibc-2.8"
+subpackages="locale"