diff --git a/BaseBuild/Basesys/gawk b/BaseBuild/Basesys/gawk
index 6324694..e9d5205 100644
--- a/BaseBuild/Basesys/gawk
+++ b/BaseBuild/Basesys/gawk
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ mk() {
 	./configure --host=$TARGET \
 		    $ADDOPTIONS \
 		    --prefix=/usr &&
+	echo '#define HAVE_LC_MESSAGES 1' >>config.h &&
 	make -j $NUMCPU &&
 	make -j $NUMCPU DESTDIR=$TMPROOT install
 }