diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
index e4275ebbebf..d3aec643999 100644
--- a/include/prereq-build.mk
+++ b/include/prereq-build.mk
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ $(eval $(call Require,zlib, \
 	Please install zlib. (Missing libz.so or zlib.h) \
 ))
 
-$(eval $(call RequireCommand,gwak, \
+$(eval $(call RequireCommand,gawk, \
 	Please install GNU awk. \
 ))