diff --git a/package/gawk/gawk.hash b/package/gawk/gawk.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72d3cdc1bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gawk/gawk.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
+sha256	efd4c6aafb1ce996309fc903ceb625e7012221c464eb72483dbb23adef1ee8db	gawk-4.1.1.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/gawk/gawk.mk b/package/gawk/gawk.mk
index af486c4699..bf136faa94 100644
--- a/package/gawk/gawk.mk
+++ b/package/gawk/gawk.mk
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-GAWK_VERSION = 4.1.0
+GAWK_VERSION = 4.1.1
 GAWK_SOURCE = gawk-$(GAWK_VERSION).tar.xz
 GAWK_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/gawk
 GAWK_DEPENDENCIES = host-gawk $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_MPFR),mpfr)
 GAWK_LICENSE = GPLv3+
 GAWK_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+# beta libtool version
+GAWK_AUTORECONF = YES
+GAWK_GETTEXTIZE = YES
 
 # Prefer full-blown gawk over busybox awk
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),y)