--- a/xe-linux-distribution
+++ b/xe-linux-distribution
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
 # Copyright (C) 2009  Citrix Systems Inc.
+# Copyright (C) 2014  Christopher J. Camisa
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
     eval $(awk -F. '/^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/ \
                         { print "major="$1 ; print "minor="$2 ; exit 0 }' \
                    "${debian_version}")
-    
+
     if [ -z "${major}" ] && [ -z "${minor}" ] && ! grep -q /sid "${debian_version}" ; then
 	return 1
     fi
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
     # Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5 (Carthage)
     # Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage)
     # Oracle Linux Server release 5.6
-    
+
     if [ ! -f "${redhat_release}" ] ; then
 	return 1
     fi
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@
     if [ ! -x "${lsb_release}" ] ; then
 	return 1
     fi
-    
+
     distro=$(${lsb_release} --short --id | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
     description=$(${lsb_release} --short --description | sed -e 's/^"\(.*\)"$/\1/g')
     release=$(${lsb_release} --short --release)
@@ -254,6 +255,31 @@
     write_to_output "${distro}" "${major}" "${minor}" "${description}"
 }
 
+identify_gentoo()
+{
+    gentoo_release="$1"
+
+    if [ ! -e "${gentoo_release}" ] ; then
+	return 1
+    fi
+
+    distro="gentoo"
+
+    eval $(cat ${gentoo_release} | awk '{ print "release=" $5 }' )
+
+    if [ -z "${release}" ] ; then
+	return 1
+    fi
+
+    eval $(echo $release | awk -F. -- '{ print "major=" $1 ; print "minor=" $2 }' )
+
+    if [ -z "${major}" -o -z "$minor" ] ; then
+	return 1
+    fi
+
+    write_to_output "${distro}" "${major}" "${minor}" "${distro}"
+}
+
 if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
     exec 1>"$1"
 fi
@@ -265,6 +291,7 @@
     identify_sles   /etc/SuSE-release   && exit 0
     identify_lsb    lsb_release         && exit 0
     identify_debian /etc/debian_version && exit 0
+    identify_gentoo /etc/gentoo-release && exit 0
 
     if [ $# -eq 1 ] ; then
 	rm -f "$1"