diff --git a/src/libgpg_error-1-fixes.patch b/src/libgpg_error-1-fixes.patch
index df45367d..7138921c 100644
--- a/src/libgpg_error-1-fixes.patch
+++ b/src/libgpg_error-1-fixes.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 This file is part of MXE. See LICENSE.md for licensing information.
 
+Contains ad hoc patches for cross building.
+
 From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Mark Brand <mabrand@mabrand.nl>
 Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 16:51:30 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH 1/1] [MXE] more tolerant parsing for mingw in host triplet
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] more tolerant parsing for mingw in host triplet
 
 
 diff --git a/src/mkheader.c b/src/mkheader.c
 index 1111111..2222222 100644
 --- a/src/mkheader.c
 +++ b/src/mkheader.c
-@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ write_special (const char *fname, int lnr, const char *tag)
+@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ write_special (const char *fname, int lnr, const char *tag)
      }
    else if (!strcmp (tag, "include:os-add"))
      {
@@ -19,3 +21,139 @@ index 1111111..2222222 100644
          {
            include_file (fname, lnr, "w32-add.h", write_line);
          }
+
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Tony Theodore <tonyt@logyst.com>
+Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 23:18:54 +1000
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] awk: Prepare for Gawk 5.0.
+
+taken from:
+https://dev.gnupg.org/rE7865041c77f4f7005282f10f9b6666b19072fbdf
+
+diff --git a/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk b/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
++++ b/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
+@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ code-from-errno.h: mkerrcodes$(EXEEXT_FOR_BUILD) Makefile
+ 
+ errnos-sym.h: Makefile mkstrtable.awk errnos.in
+ 	$(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/mkstrtable.awk -v textidx=2 -v nogettext=1 \
+-		-v prefix=GPG_ERR_ -v namespace=errnos_ \
++		-v prefix=GPG_ERR_ -v pkg_namespace=errnos_ \
+ 		$(srcdir)/errnos.in >$@
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes.awk b/src/mkerrcodes.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes.awk
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes1.awk b/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
+@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+diff --git a/src/mkerrcodes2.awk b/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+diff --git a/src/mkerrnos.awk b/src/mkerrnos.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/mkerrnos.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrnos.awk
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+diff --git a/src/mkstrtable.awk b/src/mkstrtable.awk
+index 1111111..2222222 100644
+--- a/src/mkstrtable.awk
++++ b/src/mkstrtable.awk
+@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
+ #
+ # The variable prefix can be used to prepend a string to each message.
+ #
+-# The variable namespace can be used to prepend a string to each
++# The variable pkg_namespace can be used to prepend a string to each
+ # variable and macro name.
+ 
+ BEGIN {
+@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ header {
+       print "/* The purpose of this complex string table is to produce";
+       print "   optimal code with a minimum of relocations.  */";
+       print "";
+-      print "static const char " namespace "msgstr[] = ";
++      print "static const char " pkg_namespace "msgstr[] = ";
+       header = 0;
+     }
+   else
+@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ END {
+   else
+     print "  gettext_noop (\"" last_msgstr "\");";
+   print "";
+-  print "static const int " namespace "msgidx[] =";
++  print "static const int " pkg_namespace "msgidx[] =";
+   print "  {";
+   for (i = 0; i < coded_msgs; i++)
+     print "    " pos[i] ",";
+@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ END {
+   print "  };";
+   print "";
+   print "static GPG_ERR_INLINE int";
+-  print namespace "msgidxof (int code)";
++  print pkg_namespace "msgidxof (int code)";
+   print "{";
+   print "  return (0 ? 0";
+ 
diff --git a/src/libgpg_error.mk b/src/libgpg_error.mk
index 691f8986..a82d692f 100644
--- a/src/libgpg_error.mk
+++ b/src/libgpg_error.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ endef
 
 define $(PKG)_BUILD
     cd '$(SOURCE_DIR)/src/syscfg' && ln -s lock-obj-pub.mingw32.h lock-obj-pub.mingw32.$(call merge,.,$(call rest,$(call split,.,$(TARGET)))).h
+    cd '$(SOURCE_DIR)' && autoreconf -fi
     cd '$(BUILD_DIR)' && '$(SOURCE_DIR)/configure' \
         $(MXE_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
         --disable-nls \