diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee0b5d6..b8fb1f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### 2024-04-22
+
+scratchpad: add gawk to closure
+
 ### 2024-04-07
 
 grimblast: add hyprpicker to closure
diff --git a/scratchpad/default.nix b/scratchpad/default.nix
index 3383f64..e73364b 100644
--- a/scratchpad/default.nix
+++ b/scratchpad/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   stdenvNoCC,
   makeWrapper,
   libnotify,
+  gawk,
   gnused,
   jq,
   procps,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/scratchpad --prefix PATH ':' \
       "${lib.makeBinPath ([
+        gawk
         gnused
         jq
         libnotify