diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
index be85213b8c2..b1bb5708d44 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, callPackage, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, runCommand, makeWrapper
 , jdk, zip, unzip, bash, writeCBin, coreutils
-, which, python, perl, gnused, gnugrep, findutils
+, which, python, perl, gawk, gnused, gnugrep, findutils
 # Apple dependencies
 , cctools, clang, libcxx, CoreFoundation, CoreServices, Foundation
 # Allow to independently override the jdks used to build and run respectively
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let
     for i in ${builtins.toString srcDeps}; do cp $i $out/$(stripHash $i); done
   '';
 
-  defaultShellPath = lib.makeBinPath [ bash coreutils findutils gnugrep gnused which unzip ];
+  defaultShellPath = lib.makeBinPath [ bash coreutils findutils gawk gnugrep gnused which unzip ];
 
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {