diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ TTDS = $(SRC_DIRS:%=%/$(TTD))
 OS = !!OS!!
 OSXAPP = !!OSXAPP!!
 REVISION = !!REVISION!!
+AWK = !!AWK!!
 
 RES := $(shell if ! [ -f $(CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST) ] || [ -n "`cmp $(CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST) $(SOURCE_LIST)`" ]; then cp $(SOURCE_LIST) $(CONFIG_CACHE_SOURCE_LIST); fi )
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell if test -d $(SRC_DIR)/.svn
 # Find if the local source if modified
 REV_MODIFIED := $(shell svnversion $(SRC_DIR) | sed -n 's/.*\(M\).*/\1/p' )
 # Find the revision like: rXXXX-branch
-REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info $(SRC_DIR) | awk '/^URL:.*branches/ { split($$2, a, "/"); BRANCH="-"a[5] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
+REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info $(SRC_DIR) | $(AWK) '/^URL:.*branches/ { split($$2, a, "/"); BRANCH="-"a[5] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
 endif
 endif
 # Make sure we have something in REV
diff --git a/Makefile.src.in b/Makefile.src.in
--- a/Makefile.src.in
+++ b/Makefile.src.in
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ MAKEDEPEND   = !!MAKEDEPEND!!
 CFLAGS_MAKEDEP= !!CFLAGS_MAKEDEP!!
 SORT         = !!SORT!!
 REVISION     = !!REVISION!!
+AWK          = !!AWK!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_COMPILER!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER   = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_LINKER!!
 CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN   = $(SRC_OBJS_DIR)/!!CONFIG_CACHE_ENDIAN!!
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ ifeq ($(shell if test -d $(SRC_DIR)/.svn
 # Find if the local source if modified
 REV_MODIFIED := $(shell svnversion $(SRC_DIR) | sed -n 's/.*\(M\).*/\1/p' )
 # Find the revision like: rXXXX-branch
-REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info $(SRC_DIR) | awk '/^URL:.*branch/ { split($$2, a, "/"); BRANCH="-"a[5] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
+REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info $(SRC_DIR) | $(AWK) '/^URL:.*branch/ { split($$2, a, "/"); BRANCH="-"a[5] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
 endif
 endif
 # Make sure we have something in REV
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ endif
 
 # Remove all comments and includes that don't start with $(SRC_DIR)
 # Remove $(SRC_DIR) from object-file-name
-	@awk '                              \
+	@$(AWK) '                           \
 	/^# DO NOT/ { print $$0 ; next}     \
 	/^#/ {next}                         \
 	/:/ {                               \
diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set_default() {
 	windres=""
 	strip=""
 	lipo=""
+	awk="awk"
 	os="DETECT"
 	endian="AUTO"
 	revision=""
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ set_default() {
 	with_fontconfig="1"
 	with_psp_config="1"
 
-	save_params_array="build host cc_build cc_host cxx_build cxx_host windres strip lipo os revision endian config_log prefix_dir binary_dir data_dir icon_dir personal_dir install_dir custom_lang_dir second_data_dir enable_install enable_debug enable_profiling enable_dedicated enable_network enable_static enable_translator enable_assert enable_strip with_osx_sysroot enable_universal enable_osx_g5 with_application_bundle with_sdl with_cocoa with_zlib with_png with_makedepend with_direct_music with_sort with_iconv with_midi with_midi_arg with_libtimidity with_freetype with_fontconfig with_psp_config CC CXX CFLAGS LDFLAGS"
+	save_params_array="build host cc_build cc_host cxx_build cxx_host windres strip awk lipo os revision endian config_log prefix_dir binary_dir data_dir icon_dir personal_dir install_dir custom_lang_dir second_data_dir enable_install enable_debug enable_profiling enable_dedicated enable_network enable_static enable_translator enable_assert enable_strip with_osx_sysroot enable_universal enable_osx_g5 with_application_bundle with_sdl with_cocoa with_zlib with_png with_makedepend with_direct_music with_sort with_iconv with_midi with_midi_arg with_libtimidity with_freetype with_fontconfig with_psp_config CC CXX CFLAGS LDFLAGS"
 }
 
 detect_params() {
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ detect_params() {
 			--cxx-host=*)                 cxx_host="$optarg";;
 			--windres)                    prevp_p="windres";;
 			--windres=*)                  windres="$optarg";;
+			--awk)                        prevp_p="awk";;
+			--awk=*)                      awk="$optarg";;
 			--strip)                      prevp_p="strip";;
 			--strip=*)                    strip="$optarg";;
 			--lipo)                       prevp_p="lipo";;
@@ -309,6 +312,8 @@ check_params() {
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
+	detect_awk
+
 	check_build
 	check_host
 
@@ -1139,12 +1144,51 @@ check_makedepend() {
 	log 1 "checking makedepend... $makedepend"
 }
 
+detect_awk() {
+	# Not all awks allow gsub(), so we test for that here! It is in fact all we need...
+
+	# These awks are known to work. Test for them explicit
+	awks="gawk mawk nawk"
+
+	awk_prefix="echo \"a.c b.c c.c\" | tr ' ' \\\\n | "
+	awk_param="' { ORS = \" \" } /\.c$/   { gsub(\".c$\",   \".o\", \$0); print \$0; }' 2>/dev/null"
+	awk_result="a.o b.o c.o "
+	log 2 "Detecing awk..."
+
+	log 2 "Trying: $awk_prefix $awk $awk_param"
+	res=`eval $awk_prefix $awk $awk_param`
+	log 2 "Result: '$res'"
+	if [ "$res" != "$awk_result" ] && [ "$awk" = "awk" ]; then
+		# User didn't supply his own awk, so try to detect some other known working names for an awk
+		for awk in $awks; do
+			log 2 "Trying: $awk_prefix $awk $awk_param"
+			res=`eval $awk_prefix $awk $awk_param`
+			log 2 "Result: '$res'"
+			if [ "$res" = "$awk_result" ]; then break; fi
+		done
+
+		if [ "$res" != "$awk_result" ]; then
+			log 1 "checking awk... not found"
+			log 1 "configure: error: no awk found"
+			log 1 "configure: error: please install one of the following: $awks"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+	if [ "$res" != "$awk_result" ]; then
+		log 1 "checking awk... not found"
+		log 1 "configure: error: you supplied '$awk' but it doesn't seem a valid gawk or mawk"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	log 1 "checking awk... $awk"
+}
+
 detect_os() {
 	if [ "$os" = "DETECT" ]; then
 		# Detect UNIX, OSX, FREEBSD, MORPHOS, BEOS, SUNOS, CYGWIN, MINGW, OS2, WINCE, and PSP
 
 		# Try first via dumpmachine, then via uname
-		os=`echo "$host" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | awk '
+		os=`echo "$host" | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | $awk '
 					/linux/        { print "UNIX";    exit}
 					/darwin/       { print "OSX";     exit}
 					/freebsd/      { print "FREEBSD"; exit}
@@ -1159,7 +1203,7 @@ detect_os() {
 		'`
 
 		if [ -z "$os" ]; then
-			os=`LC_ALL=C uname | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | awk '
+			os=`LC_ALL=C uname | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' | $awk '
 					/linux/        { print "UNIX";    exit}
 					/darwin/       { print "OSX";     exit}
 					/freebsd/      { print "FREEBSD"; exit}
@@ -1754,6 +1798,7 @@ make_sed() {
 		s#!!OS!!#$os#g;
 		s#!!CONFIGURE_FILES!!#$CONFIGURE_FILES#g;
 		s#!!REVISION!!#$revision#g;
+		s#!!AWK!!#$awk#g;
 		s#!!ENABLE_INSTALL!!#$enable_install#g;
 	"
 }
@@ -1850,6 +1895,7 @@ showhelp() {
 	echo "                                 on HOST [BUILD]"
 	echo "  --windres=WINDRES              the windres to use [HOST-windres]"
 	echo "  --strip=STRIP                  the strip to use [HOST-strip]"
+	echo "  --awk=AWK                      the awk to use in configure [awk]"
 	echo "  --lipo=LIPO                    the lipo to use (OSX ONLY) [HOST-lipo]"
 	echo "  --os=OS                        the OS we are compiling for [DETECT]"
 	echo "                                 DETECT/UNIX/OSX/FREEBSD/MORPHOS/BEOS/"
diff --git a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if ! [ -f "$LANG_DIR/english.txt" ]; the
 fi
 
 # Read the source.list and process it
-SRCS="`< $ROOT_DIR/source.list tr '\r' '\n' | awk '
+SRCS="`< $ROOT_DIR/source.list tr '\r' '\n' | $awk '
 	{  }
 	/^(	*)#end/  { if (deep == skip) { skip -= 1; } deep -= 1; next; }
 	/^(	*)#else/ { if (deep == skip) { skip -= 1; } else if (deep - 1 == skip) { skip += 1; } next; }
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ SRCS="`< $ROOT_DIR/source.list tr '\r' '
 	}
 ' | $PIPE_SORT`"
 
-OBJS_C="`  echo \"$SRCS\" | awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.c$/   { gsub(".c$",   ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
-OBJS_CPP="`echo \"$SRCS\" | awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.cpp$/ { gsub(".cpp$", ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
-OBJS_MM="` echo \"$SRCS\" | awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.mm$/  { gsub(".mm$",  ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
-OBJS_RC="` echo \"$SRCS\" | awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.rc$/  { gsub(".rc$",  ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
-SRCS="`    echo \"$SRCS\" | awk ' { ORS = " " } { print $0; }'`"
+OBJS_C="`  echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.c$/   { gsub(".c$",   ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
+OBJS_CPP="`echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.cpp$/ { gsub(".cpp$", ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
+OBJS_MM="` echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.mm$/  { gsub(".mm$",  ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
+OBJS_RC="` echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS = " " } /\.rc$/  { gsub(".rc$",  ".o", $0); print $0; }'`"
+SRCS="`    echo \"$SRCS\" | $awk ' { ORS = " " } { print $0; }'`"
 
 # In makefiles, we always use -u for sort
 if [ -z "$sort" ]; then