diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index b5ec72a23..3a234b889 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ PACKAGES+=" xmlto"
 PACKAGES+=" xutils-dev" # Provides 'makedepend' which the openssl build uses.
 PACKAGES+=" libexpat1-dev" # Needed by ghostscript
 PACKAGES+=" libjpeg-dev" # Needed by ghostscript
+PACKAGES+=" gawk" # Needed by ghostscript
 
 sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 	apt-get install -yq --no-install-recommends $PACKAGES