diff --git a/package/gawk/gawk.mk b/package/gawk/gawk.mk
index 507ea6de6f..da9be95cd0 100644
--- a/package/gawk/gawk.mk
+++ b/package/gawk/gawk.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)
 GAWK_DEPENDENCIES += busybox
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSIGSEGV),y)
+GAWK_DEPENDENCIES += libsigsegv
+endif
+
 # --with-mpfr requires an argument so just let
 # configure find it automatically
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MPFR),y)