diff --git a/lib/facter/locale.rb b/lib/facter/locale.rb
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index 0000000..b0cfcbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/facter/locale.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Facter.add(:locale) do
+    confine :osfamily => :gentoo
+    setcode do
+      Facter::Core::Execution.exec('eselect --colour=no --brief locale show').strip
+    end
+end
+