diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index 1a5ff04fa0..3ea6785c49 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ case "$DISTRO" in
       ;;
     gentoo)
       deps="$deps g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java"
-      deps_pkg="$deps_pkg g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf libxslt jre"
+      deps_pkg="$deps_pkg gcc[cxx] mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf libxslt virtual/jre"
+      files_pkg="glibc ncurses"
       ;;
     arch)
       # md5deep is only available in the aur