diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/0001-gawk-disable-randtest-in-ptest.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/0001-gawk-disable-randtest-in-ptest.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caa6f7a031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/0001-gawk-disable-randtest-in-ptest.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From ff431c433eee5e35f6d637ada858af029c1c3a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Aditya G S <adityags2004@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 14:02:13 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] gawk: disable randtest in ptest
+
+gawk: ptest: disable randtest due to nondeterministic behavior
+
+randtest performs a statistical validation of randomness by computing
+autocorrelation of generated samples and verifying that the results
+remain within a defined sigma threshold.
+
+In testing, the correlation values are generally small and consistent
+with expected random behavior. However, in some runs the condition:
+
+    abs(corr[tau] / sigma) > max_allowed_sigma
+
+is triggered, resulting in intermittent failures.
+
+This behavior appears to be highly sensitive to small variations in
+floating point calculations and runtime conditions such as CPU timing,
+entropy state, and execution environment. The test can pass or fail
+without any functional issue in rand() itself.
+
+This was reproduced by enabling debug output in randtest and running
+it multiple times, where occasional failures were observed despite
+normal statistical characteristics of the output.
+
+Since the underlying functionality appears correct and the failure is
+environment-dependent, this test behaves similarly to other
+nondeterministic tests (e.g., time, timeout) already skipped in this recipe.
+
+As a temporary measure, disable randtest in ptest to ensure stable
+test results in CI environments.
+
+Upstream discussion: (add link once reported)
+
+Signed-off-by: Aditya GS <adityags2004@gmail.com>
+---
+ meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
+index d7211f28f3..a357d172eb 100644
+--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
++++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
+@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ do_install_ptest() {
+ 	for t in time timeout; do
+ 		echo $t >> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/skipped.txt
+ 	done
++
++rm -f ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/randtest.*
++echo randtest >> ${D}${PTEST_PATH}/test/skipped.txt
++
+ }
+ 
+ do_install_ptest:append:libc-musl() {
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
index d7211f28f3..71e7ddb31f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.4.0.bb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[pma-if-64bit] = "--enable-pma,--disable-pma, "
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gawk/gawk-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://run-ptest \
            file://0001-configure.ac-re-enable-disabled-printf-features.patch \
+	   file://randtest-fix.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3dd430f0cd3b4428c6c3f6afc021b9cd3c1f8c93f7a688dc268ca428a90b4ac1"