diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb
index b3eb39e..eaba6c7 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 LICENSE = "GPLv3"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
 
-DEPENDS += "readline"
-
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline"
+PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mpfr] = "--with-mpfr,--without-mpfr, mpfr"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gawk/gawk-${PV}.tar.gz \