diff --git a/lib/facter/postgres_default_version.rb b/lib/facter/postgres_default_version.rb
index ea49bf2..e7448ca 100644
--- a/lib/facter/postgres_default_version.rb
+++ b/lib/facter/postgres_default_version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 def get_debianfamily_postgres_version
   case Facter.value('operatingsystem')
+    when "Gentoo"
+      get_debianfamily_postgres_version()
     when "Debian"
       get_debian_postgres_version()
     when "Ubuntu"
@@ -9,6 +11,10 @@ def get_debianfamily_postgres_version
   end
 end
 
+def get_debianfamily_postgres_version()
+  '9.2'
+end
+
 def get_debian_postgres_version
   case Facter.value('operatingsystemrelease')
     # TODO: add more debian versions or better logic here
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ Facter.add("postgres_default_version") do
           get_redhatfamily_postgres_version()
         when 'Debian'
           get_debianfamily_postgres_version()
+        when 'Gentoo'
+          get_debianfamily_postgres_version()
         else
           nil
       end
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index f13fdcd..e12b4e2 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -168,6 +168,25 @@ class postgresql::params(
       $service_status       = "/etc/init.d/${service_name} status | /bin/egrep -q 'Running clusters: .+|online'"
     }
 
+    'Gentoo': {
+      $needs_initdb             = pick($run_initdb, false)
+      $firewall_supported       = false
+      # TODO: not exactly sure yet what the right thing to do for Gentoo/Funtoo is.
+      #$persist_firewall_command = '/sbin/iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4'
+
+
+      $service_name         = "postgresql-${version}"
+      $client_package_name  = pick($custom_client_package_name, "postgresql-base")
+      $server_package_name  = pick($custom_server_package_name, "postgresql-server")
+      $contrib_package_name = pick($custom_contrib_package_name, "postgresql-server")
+      $devel_package_name   = pick($custom_devel_package_name, 'postgresql-server')
+      $java_package_name    = pick($custom_java_package_name, 'jdbc-postgresql')
+      $bindir               = pick($custom_bindir, "/usr/lib/postgresql/${version}/bin")
+      $datadir              = pick($custom_datadir, "/var/lib/postgresql/${version}/main")
+      $confdir              = pick($custom_confdir, "/etc/postgresql-${version}")
+      $service_status       = "/etc/init.d/postgresql-${version} status | /bin/egrep -q 'started'"
+    }
+
     default: {
       fail("Unsupported osfamily: ${::osfamily} operatingsystem: ${::operatingsystem}, module ${module_name} currently only supports osfamily RedHat and Debian")
     }