diff --git a/gcc-13-image/Dockerfile b/gcc-13-image/Dockerfile
index 856ef7b79..88234d55d 100644
--- a/gcc-13-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/gcc-13-image/Dockerfile
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ LABEL com.suse.lifecycle-url="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterpri
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends gcc13 gcc13-c++ make; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends gcc13 gcc13-c++ make gawk; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 ENV GCC_VERSION="%%gcc_version%%"
 
 # symlink all versioned gcc & g++ binaries to unversioned
 # ones in /usr/local/bin so that plain gcc works
 RUN set -euo pipefail; for gcc_bin in $(rpm -ql gcc13 gcc13-c++ |grep ^/usr/bin/ ); do \
-        ln -f $gcc_bin $(echo "$gcc_bin" | sed -e 's|/usr/bin/|/usr/local/bin/|' -e 's|-13$||'); \
+        ln -sf $gcc_bin $(echo "$gcc_bin" | sed -e 's|/usr/bin/|/usr/local/bin/|' -e 's|-13$||'); \
     done
diff --git a/gcc-7-image/Dockerfile b/gcc-7-image/Dockerfile
index 7d71f6082..7af6f05ba 100644
--- a/gcc-7-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/gcc-7-image/Dockerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ LABEL com.suse.lifecycle-url="https://www.suse.com/lifecycle#suse-linux-enterpri
 LABEL com.suse.release-stage="released"
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends gcc7 gcc7-c++ make gcc gcc-c++; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends gcc7 gcc7-c++ make gawk gcc gcc-c++; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 ENV GCC_VERSION="%%gcc_version%%"