Index: tiff-3.8.2/configure
===================================================================
--- tiff-3.8.2.orig/configure
+++ tiff-3.8.2/configure
@@ -8199,7 +8199,13 @@ freebsd* | dragonfly*)
     *) objformat=elf ;;
     esac
   fi
-  version_type=freebsd-$objformat
+  case $host_vendor in
+    gentoo)
+      version_type=linux ;;
+    *)
+      version_type=freebsd-$objformat ;;
+  esac
+  
   case $version_type in
     freebsd-elf*)
       library_names_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$versuffix ${libname}${release}${shared_ext} $libname${shared_ext}'
@@ -8210,6 +8216,12 @@ freebsd* | dragonfly*)
       library_names_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$versuffix $libname${shared_ext}$versuffix'
       need_version=yes
       ;;
+    linux)
+      library_names_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$versuffix ${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$major ${libname}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$major'
+      need_lib_prefix=no
+      need_version=no
+      ;;
   esac
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   case $host_os in