diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/solaris.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/solaris.mk
index 22c264dbe4e7..f953dfbee599 100755
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/solaris.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/solaris.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gb_CC := cc
 gb_CXX := CC
 gb_GCCP := cc
 gb_AR := ar
-gb_AWK := nawk
+gb_AWK := /usr/xpg4/bin/awk
 gb_CLASSPATHSEP := :
 
 # use CC/CXX if they are nondefaults