diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28f82930..ba3d924a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ This module has been tested to work on the following systems.
 * EL 5
 * EL 6
 * EL 7
+* Gentoo (and Sabayon)
 * Suse 11
 * Ubuntu 10.04
 * Ubuntu 12.04
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index c0aa6f23..8b3caf30 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
   validate_bool($use_epel)
 
   # Module compatibility check
-  $compatible = [ 'Debian', 'RedHat', 'Suse' ]
+  $compatible = [ 'Debian', 'RedHat', 'Suse', 'Gentoo' ]
   if ! ($::osfamily in $compatible) {
     fail("Module is not compatible with ${::operatingsystem}")
   }
diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index 57d50735..6d3cb7e3 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     'RedHat' => "${python}-devel",
     'Debian' => "${python}-dev",
     'Suse'   => "${python}-devel",
+    'Gentoo' => undef,
   }
 
   $dev_ensure = $python::dev ? {
@@ -63,9 +64,11 @@
         require => Package['python'],
       }
 
-      package { 'python-dev':
-        ensure => $dev_ensure,
-        name   => $pythondev,
+      if $pythondev {
+        package { 'python-dev':
+          ensure => $dev_ensure,
+          name   => $pythondev,
+        }
       }
 
       # Install pip without pip, see https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/.
@@ -175,9 +178,11 @@
         require => Package['python'],
       }
 
-      package { 'python-dev':
-        ensure => $dev_ensure,
-        name   => $pythondev,
+      if $pythondev {
+        package { 'python-dev':
+          ensure => $dev_ensure,
+          name   => $pythondev,
+        }
       }
 
       if $::osfamily == 'RedHat' {
@@ -198,19 +203,27 @@
       } else {
         if $::lsbdistcodename == 'jessie' {
           $virtualenv_package = 'virtualenv'
+        } elsif $::osfamily == 'Gentoo' {
+          $virtualenv_package = 'virtualenv'
         } else {
           $virtualenv_package = 'python-virtualenv'
         }
       }
 
       if $::python::version =~ /^3/ {
+        $pip_category = undef
         $pip_package = 'python3-pip'
+      } elsif $::osfamily == 'Gentoo' {
+        $pip_category = 'dev-python'
+        $pip_package = 'pip'
       } else {
+        $pip_category = undef
         $pip_package = 'python-pip'
       }
 
       Package <| title == 'pip' |> {
-        name => $pip_package,
+        name     => $pip_package,
+        category => $pip_category,
       }
 
       Package <| title == 'virtualenv' |> {
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index ee0a7b97..a64d0a38 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     'RedHat' => ['3','27','33'],
     'Debian' => ['3', '3.3', '2.7'],
     'Suse'   => [],
+    'Gentoo' => ['2.7', '3.3', '3.4', '3.5']
   }
   $use_epel               = true
 
diff --git a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
index f494c33e..64ee412a 100644
--- a/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/python_spec.rb
@@ -272,4 +272,76 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "on a Gentoo OS" do
+    let :facts do
+      {
+        :id => 'root',
+        :kernel => 'Linux',
+        :lsbdistcodename => 'n/a',
+        :osfamily => 'Gentoo',
+        :operatingsystem => 'Gentoo',
+        :concat_basedir => '/dne',
+        :path => '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin',
+      }
+    end
+    it { is_expected.to contain_class("python::install") }
+    # Base debian packages.
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package("python") }
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package("pip").with({"category" => "dev-python"}) }
+    # Basic python packages (from pip)
+    it { is_expected.to contain_package("virtualenv")}
+    # Python::Dev
+    it { is_expected.not_to contain_package("python-dev") }
+
+    describe "with manage_gunicorn" do
+      context "true" do
+        let (:params) {{ :manage_gunicorn => true }}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("gunicorn") }
+      end
+      context "empty args" do
+        #let (:params) {{ :manage_gunicorn => '' }}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("gunicorn") }
+      end
+      context "false" do
+        let (:params) {{ :manage_gunicorn => false }}
+        it {is_expected.not_to contain_package("gunicorn")}
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "with python::provider" do
+      context "pip" do
+        let (:params) {{ :provider => 'pip' }}
+
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("virtualenv").with(
+          'provider' => 'pip'
+        )}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("pip").with(
+          'provider' => 'pip'
+        )}
+      end
+
+      # python::provider
+      context "default" do
+        let (:params) {{ :provider => '' }}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("virtualenv")}
+        it { is_expected.to contain_package("pip")}
+
+        describe "with python::virtualenv" do
+          context "true" do
+            let (:params) {{ :provider => '', :virtualenv => 'present' }}
+            it { is_expected.to contain_package("virtualenv").with_ensure('present') }
+          end
+        end
+
+        describe "with python::virtualenv" do
+          context "default/empty" do
+            let (:params) {{ :provider => '' }}
+            it { is_expected.to contain_package("virtualenv").with_ensure('absent') }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
 end