diff --git a/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml b/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
index faacdb3..f3ee1b8 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_container_config.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   file:
     path: "{{ item['host_directory'] }}"
     state: "directory"
-  with_items: "{{ lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(_lxc_container_bind_mounts) | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
 
 - name: Add bind mount configuration to container
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     dest: "/var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/config"
     line: "lxc.mount.entry = {{ item['host_directory'] }} {{ item['container_directory'].lstrip('/') }} none bind,create=dir 0 0"
     backup: "true"
-  with_items: "{{ lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) }}"
+  with_items: "{{ lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(_lxc_container_bind_mounts) | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) }}"
   delegate_to: "{{ physical_host }}"
   register: bind_configuration_container
   notify:
diff --git a/templates/container-setup.sh.j2 b/templates/container-setup.sh.j2
index 1fb36cf..8f5f196 100644
--- a/templates/container-setup.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/container-setup.sh.j2
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -ev
 # Generate the lxc container create prep commands
 {{ lxc_container_commands }}
 
-{% for item in lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) %}
+{% for item in lxc_container_default_bind_mounts | union(_lxc_container_bind_mounts) | union(lxc_container_bind_mounts) %}
 {%   if item['container_directory'] is defined %}
 # Create dir "{{ item['container_directory'] }}"
 mkdir -p "{{ item['container_directory'] }}"
diff --git a/templates/sysctl-container.init.j2 b/templates/sysctl-container.init.j2
index 621a9cd..78d12d4 100644
--- a/templates/sysctl-container.init.j2
+++ b/templates/sysctl-container.init.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Before=sysinit.target shutdown.target
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/sbin/sysctl -p
+ExecStart={{ sysctl_path }}/sysctl -p
 TimeoutSec=90s
 
 [Install]
diff --git a/vars/gentoo.yml b/vars/gentoo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a91fbfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/gentoo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2018, Matthew Thode
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# TODO: COnfigure with networkd or the other system.
+# These seem to be unused placeholder items
+lxc_container_default_route_interfaces: "/etc/network/interfaces.d/{{ item.value.interface }}.cfg"
+lxc_container_interface_target: "/etc/network/interfaces.d/{{ item.value.interface }}.cfg"
+lxc_container_default_interface: "/etc/network/interfaces"
+
+# no official systemd image is published, but machinectl seems to work
+lxc_container_backing_store: machinectl
+
+lxc_container_map:
+  distro: gentoo
+  arch: "{{ lxc_architecture_mapping.get( hostvars[physical_host]['ansible_architecture'] | lower ) }}"
+  release: 17.0-systemd
+
+lxc_container_default_config_list:
+  - "lxc.start.auto=1"
+  - "lxc.start.delay=15"
+  - "lxc.group=onboot"
+  - "lxc.group=openstack"
+  - "lxc.autodev=1"
+  - "lxc.pty.max=1024"
+  - "lxc.hook.autodev=/var/lib/lxc/{{ inventory_hostname }}/autodev"
+
+sysctl_path: "/usr/sbin"
+
+# shared binpkgs and distfiles
+_lxc_container_bind_mounts:
+  - host_directory: "/openstack/portage/packages"
+    container_directory: "/usr/portage/packages"
+  - host_directory: "/openstack/portage/distfiles"
+    container_directory: "/usr/portage/distfiles"
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 17a4af0..f4d81b0 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@
 # and "lxc_container_networks" variables and combined into a single
 # immutable hash.
 lxc_container_networks_combined: "{{ container_networks | default({}) | combine(container_extra_networks | default({})) | combine(lxc_container_networks) }}"
+sysctl_path: "/sbin"
+_lxc_container_bind_mounts: []