diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/explorer/flaggie_installed b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/explorer/flaggie_installed
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/flaggie ]; then
+    echo "true"
+else
+    echo "false"
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/explorer/gentoolkit_installed b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/explorer/gentoolkit_installed
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+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/explorer/gentoolkit_installed
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -x /usr/bin/q ]; then
+    echo "true"
+else
+    echo "false"
+fi
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/gencode-remote
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+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/gencode-remote
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+gentoolkit_installed="$(cat "$__object/explorer/gentoolkit_installed")"
+flaggie_installed="$(cat "$__object/explorer/flaggie_installed")"
+
+if [ "${gentoolkit_installed}" != "true" ]; then
+    # emerge app-portage/gentoolkit
+    echo "emerge app-portage/gentoolkit &> /dev/null || exit 1"
+fi
+
+if [ "${flaggie_installed}" != "true" ]; then
+    # emerge app-portage/flaggie
+    echo "emerge app-portage/flaggie &> /dev/null || exit 1"
+fi
+
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/man.text b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/man.text
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+cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)
+==========================================
+Thomas Oettli <otho--@--sfs.biz>
+
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies - Install dependencies for __package_emerge
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Portage is usually used on the gentoo distribution to manage packages.
+This type installs the following tools which are required by __package_emerge to work:
+app-portage/flaggie
+app-portage/gentoolkit
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ensure app-portage/flaggie and app-portage/gentoolkit are installed
+__package_emerge_dependencies
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+- cdist-type(7)
+- cdist-type__package(7)
+- cdist-type__package_emerge(7)
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. Free use of this software is
+granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).
diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/singleton b/cdist/conf/type/__package_emerge_dependencies/singleton
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index 00000000..e69de29b