diff --git a/reference/mongo/configure.xml b/reference/mongo/configure.xml
index cbf3ac6f7c..3c2e378a37 100644
--- a/reference/mongo/configure.xml
+++ b/reference/mongo/configure.xml
@@ -184,17 +184,29 @@ sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/pecl install mongo
 
   <section xml:id="mongo.installation.gentoo">
    <title>Gentoo</title>
-   <para>On Gentoo using PECL you might get an error that libtool is the wrong 
-    version. Compiling from source you'll need to run aclocal and autoconf.
-    
-    <programlisting>
+   <para>
+    Gentoo has a package for the PHP driver called dev-php5/mongo, which can be 
+    installed with:
+   </para>
+   <programlisting>
+<![CDATA[
+
+$ sudo emerge -va dev-php5/mongo
+
+]]>
+   </programlisting>
+
+   <para>
+    If you use PECL, you may get an error that libtool is the wrong version. 
+    Compiling from source you'll need to run aclocal and autoconf.
+   </para>
+   <programlisting>
 <![CDATA[
 
 $ phpize && aclocal && autoconf && ./configure && make && make install
 
 ]]>
-    </programlisting>
-   </para>
+   </programlisting>
   </section>
   <section xml:id="mongo.installation.fedora">
    <title>Fedora</title>