diff --git a/srcpkgs/gawk/template b/srcpkgs/gawk/template
index 4308088bdd..aa0656d021 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gawk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gawk/template
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ long_desc="
  The GNU AWK utility, a pattern scanning and processing tool."
 
 Add_dependency build gettext
-Add_dependency build readline
+Add_dependency build readline-devel