diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9280dba6c..c7b07bb4f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-10-12  Christoph Junghans  <ottxor@gentoo.org>
+
+	* grub-core/Makefile.am (moddep.lst): Use $(AWK) rather than awk.
+	Fixes Savannah bug #37558.
+
 2012-10-12  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* grub-core/commands/configfile.c (GRUB_MOD_INIT): Correct
diff --git a/grub-core/Makefile.am b/grub-core/Makefile.am
index cc4fb68b8..9cb14e27a 100644
--- a/grub-core/Makefile.am
+++ b/grub-core/Makefile.am
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ syminfo.lst: gensyminfo.sh kernel_syms.lst $(MODULE_FILES)
 
 # generate global module dependencies list
 moddep.lst: syminfo.lst genmoddep.awk video.lst
-	cat $< | sort | awk -f $(srcdir)/genmoddep.awk > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
+	cat $< | sort | $(AWK) -f $(srcdir)/genmoddep.awk > $@ || (rm -f $@; exit 1)
 platform_DATA += moddep.lst
 CLEANFILES += config.log syminfo.lst moddep.lst