diff --git a/steps/gawk-5.3.0/pass1.sh b/steps/gawk-5.3.0/pass1.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a5709b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/gawk-5.3.0/pass1.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+src_prepare() {
+    default
+
+    # texinfo
+    rm doc/*.info
+
+    # bison
+    rm awkgram.c command.c
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+    ./configure --prefix="${PREFIX}"
+}
diff --git a/steps/gawk-5.3.0/sources b/steps/gawk-5.3.0/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cab41fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/steps/gawk-5.3.0/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gawk/gawk-5.3.0.tar.xz ca9c16d3d11d0ff8c69d79dc0b47267e1329a69b39b799895604ed447d3ca90b
diff --git a/steps/manifest b/steps/manifest
index b38e3082..d4575259 100644
--- a/steps/manifest
+++ b/steps/manifest
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ build: binutils-2.41
 build: gcc-13.1.0
 build: gzip-1.13
 build: diffutils-3.10
+build: gawk-5.3.0
 build: libmd-1.1.0
 build: libbsd-0.11.8
 build: shadow-4.14.3