diff --git a/package/brltty/brltty.mk b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
index e34b9b2b76..4f40e65fc6 100644
--- a/package/brltty/brltty.mk
+++ b/package/brltty/brltty.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ BRLTTY_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = INSTALL_ROOT=$(TARGET_DIR) install
 BRLTTY_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 BRLTTY_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE-LGPL README
 
-BRLTTY_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-autoconf host-pkgconf \
+BRLTTY_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \
+	host-autoconf \
+	host-gawk \
+	host-pkgconf \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_AT_SPI2_CORE),at-spi2-core)
 
 BRLTTY_CONF_ENV = \