--- src/tools/port/jam/bldenv	2009-10-13 09:15:23.000000000 +0200
+++ src/tools/port/jam/bldenv	2009-10-13 09:16:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@
 	    gtk_need=false
 	    deb=true
 	    instcmd="apt-get install"
+	elif [ -f /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+	    export OSVER=GENTOO
+	    gtk_need=false
+	    rpm_need=false
+	    export XERCESCROOT=/usr/include/xercesc
+	    if [ -f /usr/lib/libxerces-c.so ]; then
+	    	export XERCESLOC=/usr/lib
+	    fi
+	    XERCESCLIB=`readlink -n ${XERCESLOC}/libxerces-c.so`
+	    if [ -z "$XERCESCLIB" ]; then
+	    	XERCESCLIB=libxerces-c.so
+	    fi
+	    export XERCESCLIB
 	elif [ -r /etc/redhat-release ] ; then
	    os=`cat /etc/redhat-release | cut -d' ' -f1`
 	    if [ "$os" = "Fedora" ] ; then