diff --git a/portage/config/target/etc/portage/package.use/awk b/portage/config/target/etc/portage/package.use/awk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea17975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portage/config/target/etc/portage/package.use/awk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+app-alternatives/awk -gawk busybox
diff --git a/portage/config/target/etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-apps/busybox b/portage/config/target/etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-apps/busybox
index 900dd76..2c007d9 100644
--- a/portage/config/target/etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-apps/busybox
+++ b/portage/config/target/etc/portage/savedconfig/sys-apps/busybox
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_SETFONT_DIR=""
 #
 # Editors
 #
-# CONFIG_AWK is not set
+CONFIG_AWK=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_LIBM is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_GNU_EXTENSIONS is not set
 # CONFIG_CMP is not set