diff --git a/dracut-functions.sh b/dracut-functions.sh
index 5807b8c59e..8afbbd801e 100755
--- a/dracut-functions.sh
+++ b/dracut-functions.sh
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ pe_file_format() {
     if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
         local magic
         magic=$(objdump -p "$1" \
-            | awk '{if ($1 == "Magic"){print strtonum("0x"$2)}}')
+            | gawk '{if ($1 == "Magic"){print strtonum("0x"$2)}}')
         magic=$(printf "0x%x" "$magic")
         # 0x10b (PE32), 0x20b (PE32+)
         [[ $magic == 0x20b || $magic == 0x10b ]] && return 0
diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh
index 01aa437279..a67d124456 100755
--- a/dracut.sh
+++ b/dracut.sh
@@ -2467,7 +2467,7 @@ if [[ $uefi == yes ]]; then
         fi
     fi
 
-    offs=$(objdump -h "$uefi_stub" 2> /dev/null | awk 'NF==7 {size=strtonum("0x"$3);\
+    offs=$(objdump -h "$uefi_stub" 2> /dev/null | gawk 'NF==7 {size=strtonum("0x"$3);\
                 offset=strtonum("0x"$4)} END {print size + offset}')
     if [[ $offs -eq 0 ]]; then
         dfatal "Failed to get the size of $uefi_stub to create UEFI image file"