diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index 5ebb6db8bfe1..1e3cef3e10c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -1837,6 +1837,7 @@ rec {
     "bzip2"
     "tar"
     "grep"
+    "mawk"
     "sed"
     "findutils"
     "g++"