diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.2.bb
index 833fe78bf9..0448d90ba7 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gawk/gawk_5.3.2.bb
@@ -6,14 +6,21 @@ HOMEPAGE = "https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/"
 BUGTRACKER  = "bug-gawk@gnu.org"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 
-# gawk <= 3.1.5: GPL-2.0-only
-# gawk >= 3.1.6: GPL-3.0-only
-LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-or-later & AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504 \
+                    file://support/pma.c;md5=bb0026ee5e8b950e67d670dd2d60cc93;beginline=8;endline=19 \
+                    file://support/pma.h;md5=bb0026ee5e8b950e67d670dd2d60cc93;beginline=8;endline=19"
+
+LICENSE:${PN} = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+LICENSE:${PN}:append = " ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'pma-if-64bit', ' & AGPL-3.0-or-later', '', d)}"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "readline mpfr"
 PACKAGECONFIG[readline] = "--with-readline,--without-readline,readline"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mpfr] = "--with-mpfr,--without-mpfr, mpfr"
+# pma: persistent memory allocator:
+# Disabled by default due to AGPL license.
+# Note that PMA works only for 64-bit targets and is automatically disabled at configure time otherwise.
+PACKAGECONFIG[pma-if-64bit] = "--enable-pma,--disable-pma, "
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gawk/gawk-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://run-ptest \