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 eaba6c7..e79ccfd 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.0.1.bb
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 	done
 	sed -i -e 's|/usr/local/bin|${bindir}|g' \
 	    -e 's|#!${base_bindir}/awk|#!${bindir}/awk|g' ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/*.awk
+
+        sed -i -e "s|GAWKLOCALE|LANG|g" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/Maketests
 }
 
 RDEPENDS_${PN}-ptest += "make"