diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7f48cb4f244a..bebff535460a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ completions = dependency('bash-completion')
 systemd_generator_dir = systemd.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'systemdsystemgeneratordir')
 bash_completions_dir = completions.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'completionsdir', default_value: '/etc/bash_completion.d')
 
-# Order: Fedora/Mageia/openSUSE || Debian/Ubuntu
-pyflakes = find_program('pyflakes-3', 'pyflakes3', required: false)
+# Order: Fedora/Mageia/openSUSE || Debian/Ubuntu || Gentoo
+pyflakes = find_program('pyflakes-3', 'pyflakes3', 'pyflakes', required: false)
 pycodestyle = find_program('pycodestyle-3', 'pycodestyle', 'pep8', required: false)
-nose = find_program('nosetests-3', 'nosetests3')
+nose = find_program('nosetests-3', 'nosetests3', 'nosetests')
 pandoc = find_program('pandoc', required: false)
 find = find_program('find')