diff --git a/manifests/package.pp b/manifests/package.pp
index 7e3b701..32ee01a 100644
--- a/manifests/package.pp
+++ b/manifests/package.pp
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ class nginx::package(
         before         => Anchor['nginx::package::end'],
       }
     }
+    'Gentoo': {
+      class { 'nginx::package::gentoo':
+        package_name   => $package_name,
+        package_ensure => $package_ensure,
+        require => Anchor['nginx::package::begin'],
+        before  => Anchor['nginx::package::end'],
+      }
+    }
     default: {
       case $::operatingsystem {
         'amazon': {
diff --git a/manifests/package/gentoo.pp b/manifests/package/gentoo.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4221cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/package/gentoo.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Class: nginx::package::gentoo
+#
+# Manage the nginx package on Gentoo
+class nginx::package::gentoo(
+    $package_name   = 'www-servers/nginx',
+    $package_ensure = 'present'
+  ) {
+
+  package { $package_name:
+    ensure  => $package_ensure,
+  }
+
+}