diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
index e94cf19db48..ac9d8500d60 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.0.bb
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ do_install_ptest() {
 		cp ${S}/test/$i* ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test
 	done
 	sed -i \
+	    -e 's|#! /bin/gawk|#! ${bindir}/gawk|g' \
+	    -e 's|#! /usr/local/bin/gawk|#! ${bindir}/gawk|g' \
 	    -e 's|#!${base_bindir}/awk|#!${bindir}/awk|g' ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/*.awk
 
 	sed -i -e "s|GAWKLOCALE|LANG|g" ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/Maketests