diff --git a/patterns-devel-base.changes b/patterns-devel-base.changes
index d1d4196..92ac250 100644
--- a/patterns-devel-base.changes
+++ b/patterns-devel-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Aug 18 08:07:40 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Require awk by devel_basis: the usage of awk inside
+  configure.ac/Makefile.am is quite common and we should provide
+  this basic tool together with autoconf/automake (boo#1214365).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Nov 30 13:59:27 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/patterns-devel-base.spec b/patterns-devel-base.spec
index 6323a11..0f57689 100644
--- a/patterns-devel-base.spec
+++ b/patterns-devel-base.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package patterns-devel-base
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ not make sense.
 This particular package contains the base development patterns (and the other
 development patterns that don't fit well anywhere else).
 
-################################################################################
 
+################################################################################
 %package devel_basis
 %pattern_development
 Summary:        Base Development
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Requires:       pattern() = basesystem
 
 Requires:       autoconf
 Requires:       automake
+Requires:       awk
 Requires:       binutils
 Requires:       bison
 Requires:       cpp