diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
index 37a21c3972..de40531a8d 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $python_netaddr_package = 'python-netaddr'
       # packages needed by slaves
       $ant_package = 'ant'
+      $awk_package = 'gawk'
       $asciidoc_package = 'asciidoc'
       $curl_package = 'curl'
       $docbook_xml_package = 'docbook-style-xsl'
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $python_netaddr_package = 'python-netaddr'
       # packages needed by slaves
       $ant_package = 'ant'
+      $awk_package = 'gawk'
       $asciidoc_package = 'asciidoc'
       $curl_package = 'curl'
       $docbook_xml_package = 'docbook-xml'
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
index be44b51852..aec58c3240 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class jenkins::slave(
   # Packages that most jenkins slaves (eg, unit test runners) need
   $standard_packages = [
     $::jenkins::params::ant_package, # for building buck
+    $::jenkins::params::awk_package, # for building extract_docs.awk to work correctly
     $::jenkins::params::asciidoc_package, # for building gerrit/building openstack docs
     $::jenkins::params::curl_package,
     $::jenkins::params::docbook_xml_package, # for building openstack docs