diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8da6315fb..128539f6a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG ?= pkg-config
 SED ?= sed
 BISON ?= bison
 STRIP ?= strip
+AWK ?= awk
 
 ifeq ($(OS), Darwin)
 PLUGIN_LDFLAGS += -undefined dynamic_lookup
@@ -395,8 +396,8 @@ endef
 ifeq ($(PRETTY), 1)
 P_STATUS = 0
 P_OFFSET = 0
-P_UPDATE = $(eval P_STATUS=$(shell echo $(OBJS) yosys$(EXE) | gawk 'BEGIN { RS = " "; I = $(P_STATUS)+0; } $$1 == "$@" && NR > I { I = NR; } END { print I; }'))
-P_SHOW = [$(shell gawk "BEGIN { N=$(words $(OBJS) yosys$(EXE)); printf \"%3d\", $(P_OFFSET)+90*$(P_STATUS)/N; exit; }")%]
+P_UPDATE = $(eval P_STATUS=$(shell echo $(OBJS) yosys$(EXE) | $(AWK) 'BEGIN { RS = " "; I = $(P_STATUS)+0; } $$1 == "$@" && NR > I { I = NR; } END { print I; }'))
+P_SHOW = [$(shell $(AWK) "BEGIN { N=$(words $(OBJS) yosys$(EXE)); printf \"%3d\", $(P_OFFSET)+90*$(P_STATUS)/N; exit; }")%]
 P = @echo "$(if $(findstring $@,$(TARGETS) $(EXTRA_TARGETS)),$(eval P_OFFSET = 10))$(call P_UPDATE)$(call P_SHOW) Building $@";
 Q = @
 S = -s