diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.36-gawk5-support.patch b/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.36-gawk5-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2db11b2176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.36-gawk5-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+From 7865041c77f4f7005282f10f9b6666b19072fbdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>
+Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 15:10:44 +0900
+Subject: [PATCH] awk: Prepare for Gawk 5.0.
+
+* src/Makefile.am: Use pkg_namespace (instead of namespace).
+* src/mkerrnos.awk: Likewise.
+* lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk: Don't escape # in regexp.
+* src/mkerrcodes.awk, src/mkerrcodes1.awk, src/mkerrcodes2.awk: Ditto.
+
+--
+
+In Gawk 5.0, regexp routines are replaced by Gnulib implementation,
+which only allows escaping specific characters.
+
+GnuPG-bug-id: 4459
+Reported-by: Marius Schamschula
+Signed-off-by: NIIBE Yutaka <gniibe@fsij.org>
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://dev.gnupg.org/T4459]
+---
+ lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk |  2 +-
+ src/Makefile.am        |  2 +-
+ src/mkerrcodes.awk     |  2 +-
+ src/mkerrcodes1.awk    |  2 +-
+ src/mkerrcodes2.awk    |  2 +-
+ src/mkerrnos.awk       |  2 +-
+ src/mkstrtable.awk     | 10 +++++-----
+ 7 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
++++ b/lang/cl/mkerrcodes.awk
+@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ code-from-errno.h: mkerrcodes$(EXEEXT_FO
+ 
+ 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_ \
+ 		$(srcdir)/errnos.in >$@
+ 
+ 
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes.awk
+@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes1.awk
+@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+--- a/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrcodes2.awk
+@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+--- a/src/mkerrnos.awk
++++ b/src/mkerrnos.awk
+@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ header {
+ }
+ 
+ !header {
+-  sub (/\#.+/, "");
++  sub (/#.+/, "");
+   sub (/[ 	]+$/, ""); # Strip trailing space and tab characters.
+ 
+   if (/^$/)
+--- 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/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.36.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.36.bb
index 2db544a12e..b11ab0548d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.36.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.36.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SECTION = "libs"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://gnupg.org/download/index.html"
 SRC_URI = "${GNUPG_MIRROR}/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://pkgconfig.patch \
+           file://libgpg-error-1.36-gawk5-support.patch \
 	  "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "eff437f397e858a9127b76c0d87fa5ed"
