diff --git a/CMakeModules/BoostPython3.cmake b/CMakeModules/BoostPython3.cmake
index e0c298728..71372bba3 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/BoostPython3.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/BoostPython3.cmake
@@ -8,10 +8,18 @@
 # what FindBoost.cmake is looking for. It looks for a library named
 # "libboost_${component}.so".
 #
-# find_boost_python3() tries to find the package with different component names.
-# By default it tries "python3" and "python-py$suffix", where suffix is based on
-# the `python_version` argument. One can supply a custom component name by
-# setting the `CALAMARES_BOOST_PYTHON3_COMPONENT` variable at CMake time.
+# On Gentoo instead, the >=dev-libs/boost-1.54 package provides boost library 
+# with a name like:
+# libboost_python-2.7.so
+# libboost_python-3.3.so
+# libboost_python-3.4.so
+# depending on what python's targets you selected during install
+#
+# find_boost_python3() tries to find the package with different component
+# names. By default it tries "python3", "python-py$suffix" and 
+# "python-$dotsuffix", where suffix is based on the `python_version` argument. 
+# One can supply a custom component name by setting the 
+# `CALAMARES_BOOST_PYTHON3_COMPONENT` variable at CMake time.
 
 set( CALAMARES_BOOST_PYTHON3_COMPONENT python3 CACHE STRING
     "Name of the Boost.Python component. If Boost.Python is installed as
@@ -32,4 +40,15 @@ macro( find_boost_python3 boost_version python_version found_var )
             break()
         endif()
     endforeach()
+    # The following loop chage the searched name for Gentoo based distributions 
+    # turns "3.4.123abc" into "3.4"
+    string( REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\..*" "\\1.\\2" _fbp_python_short_version ${python_version} )
+    foreach( _fbp_name ${CALAMARES_BOOST_PYTHON3_COMPONENT} python-${_fbp_python_short_version} )
+        find_package( Boost ${boost_version} QUIET COMPONENTS ${_fbp_name} )
+        string( TOUPPER ${_fbp_name} _fbp_uc_name )
+        if( Boost_${_fbp_uc_name}_FOUND )
+            set( ${found_var} ON )
+            break()
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
 endmacro()