diff --git a/fish.changes b/fish.changes
index 997a509..bafdfbd 100644
--- a/fish.changes
+++ b/fish.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Oct 17 08:40:39 UTC 2023 - Matej Cepl <mcepl@cepl.eu>
+
+- Actually, awk is required for many scripts provided with the
+  shell.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 18 03:15:56 UTC 2023 - Luciano Santos <luc14n0@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/fish.spec b/fish.spec
index 864da53..27a656b 100644
--- a/fish.spec
+++ b/fish.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BuildRequires:  ncurses-devel
 BuildRequires:  pcre2-devel >= 10.21
 BuildRequires:  pkgconfig
 BuildRequires:  update-desktop-files
+Requires:       awk
 Requires:       bc
 Requires:       man
 Recommends:     terminfo