diff --git a/memcached/config.sls b/memcached/config.sls
index dd1214e..bf48ff8 100644
--- a/memcached/config.sls
+++ b/memcached/config.sls
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ include:
     - source: salt://memcached/templates/memcached.conf
     {% elif grains['os_family'] == 'RedHat' %}
     - source: salt://memcached/templates/sysconfig/memcached
+    {% elif grains['os_family'] == 'Gentoo' %}
+    - source: salt://memcached/templates/conf.d/memcached
     {% endif %}
     - watch_in:
       - service: memcached
diff --git a/memcached/map.jinja b/memcached/map.jinja
index ac42ecc..3794859 100644
--- a/memcached/map.jinja
+++ b/memcached/map.jinja
@@ -28,4 +28,11 @@
         'config_file': '/etc/sysconfig/memcached',
         'libmemcached': 'libmemcached-devel',
     },
+    'Gentoo':{
+        'server': 'net-misc/memcached',
+        'service': 'memcached',
+        'python': 'dev-python/python-memcache',
+        'config_file': '/etc/conf.d/memcached',
+        'libmemcached': 'dev-libs/libmemcached',
+    },
     }, merge=salt['pillar.get']('memcached:lookup')) %}
diff --git a/memcached/templates/conf.d/memcached b/memcached/templates/conf.d/memcached
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..185b49e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/memcached/templates/conf.d/memcached
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{% from 'memcached/macros.sls' import get_config_item with context -%}
+# Copyright 2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/memcached/files/1.3.3/conf,v 1.1 2009/05/26 00:03:09 robbat2 Exp $
+# memcached config file
+
+MEMCACHED_BINARY="/usr/bin/memcached"
+
+#Specify memory usage in megabytes (do not use letters)
+#64MB is default
+MEMUSAGE="{{ get_config_item('memory_cap') }}"
+
+#User to run as
+MEMCACHED_RUNAS="memcached"
+
+#Specify maximum number of concurrent connections
+#1024 is default
+MAXCONN="{{ get_config_item('max_connections') }}"
+
+#Listen for connections on what address?
+# If this is empty, memcached will listen on 0.0.0.0
+# be sure you have a firewall in place!
+LISTENON="{{ get_config_item('listen_address') }}"
+
+#Listen for connections on what port?
+PORT="{{ get_config_item('port') }}"
+
+# Listen for UDP connecitons on what port? 0 means turn off UDP
+UDPPORT="0"
+
+#PID file location
+# '-${PORT}.${CONF}.pid' will be appended to this!
+# You do not normally need to change this.
+PIDBASE="/var/run/memcached/memcached"
+
+#Other Options
+MISC_OPTS=""