diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
index 1a5f85e79a15..0fb708b1892d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ lib.makeScope
 
     coreutils = callPackage ./coreutils { tinycc = tinycc-mes; };
 
+    gawk = callPackage ./gawk {
+      bash = bash_2_05;
+      tinycc = tinycc-mes;
+    };
+
     gnugrep = callPackage ./gnugrep {
       bash = bash_2_05;
       tinycc = tinycc-mes;
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ lib.makeScope
 
     test = kaem.runCommand "minimal-bootstrap-test" {} ''
       echo ${bash_2_05.tests.get-version}
+      echo ${gawk.tests.get-version}
       echo ${gnugrep.tests.get-version}
       echo ${gnused.tests.get-version}
       echo ${mes.compiler.tests.get-version}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a395fe4b2a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPlatform
+, hostPlatform
+, fetchurl
+, bash
+, tinycc
+, gnumake
+, gnupatch
+, gnused
+, gnugrep
+}:
+let
+  pname = "gawk";
+  # >=3.1.x is incompatible with mes-libc
+  version = "3.0.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/gawk/gawk-${version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1z4bibjm7ldvjwq3hmyifyb429rs2d9bdwkvs0r171vv1khpdwmb";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # for reproducibility don't generate date stamp
+    ./no-stamp.patch
+  ];
+in
+bash.runCommand "${pname}-${version}" {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    tinycc.compiler
+    gnumake
+    gnupatch
+    gnused
+    gnugrep
+  ];
+
+  passthru.tests.get-version = result:
+    bash.runCommand "${pname}-get-version-${version}" {} ''
+      ${result}/bin/awk --version
+      mkdir $out
+    '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "GNU implementation of the Awk programming language";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk";
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
+    maintainers = teams.minimal-bootstrap.members;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+  };
+} ''
+  # Unpack
+  ungz --file ${src} --output gawk.tar
+  untar --file gawk.tar
+  rm gawk.tar
+  cd gawk-${version}
+
+  # Patch
+  ${lib.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (f: "patch -Np0 -i ${f}") patches}
+
+  # Configure
+  export CC="tcc -static -B ${tinycc.libs}/lib"
+  export ac_cv_func_getpgrp_void=yes
+  export ac_cv_func_tzset=yes
+  bash ./configure \
+    --build=${buildPlatform.config} \
+    --host=${hostPlatform.config} \
+    --disable-nls \
+    --prefix=$out
+
+  # Build
+  make gawk
+
+  # Install
+  install -D gawk $out/bin/gawk
+  ln -s gawk $out/bin/awk
+''
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/no-stamp.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/no-stamp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..74af25ba2106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/minimal-bootstrap/gawk/no-stamp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure
++++ configure
+@@ -3676,7 +3676,6 @@ cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<EOF
+ 
+ EOF
+ cat >> $CONFIG_STATUS <<\EOF
+-date > stamp-h
+ exit 0
+ EOF
+ chmod +x $CONFIG_STATUS