diff --git a/roles/common/files/.zshrc.local b/roles/common/files/.zshrc.local
index c624ba7..ba47109 100644
--- a/roles/common/files/.zshrc.local
+++ b/roles/common/files/.zshrc.local
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ zstyle ':completion::complete:*' use-cache 1
 # promt
 autoload -U promptinit
 promptinit
-#prompt gentoo
+prompt gentoo
diff --git a/roles/common/files/prompt_gentoo_setup b/roles/common/files/prompt_gentoo_setup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046e2d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/common/files/prompt_gentoo_setup
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# gentoo prompt theme
+
+prompt_gentoo_help () {
+  cat <<'EOF'
+This prompt is color-scheme-able.  You can invoke it thus:
+
+  prompt gentoo [<promptcolor> [<usercolor> [<rootcolor>]]]
+
+EOF
+}
+
+prompt_gentoo_setup () {
+  local prompt_gentoo_prompt=${1:-'blue'}
+  local prompt_gentoo_user=${2:-'green'}
+  local prompt_gentoo_root=${3:-'red'}
+
+  if [ "$USER" = 'root' ]
+  then
+    local base_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_root}%m%k "
+  else
+    local base_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_user}%n@%m%k "
+  fi
+  local post_prompt="%b%f%k"
+
+  #setopt noxtrace localoptions
+
+  local path_prompt="%B%F{$prompt_gentoo_prompt}%1~"
+  typeset -g PS1="$base_prompt$path_prompt %# $post_prompt"
+  typeset -g PS2="$base_prompt$path_prompt %_> $post_prompt"
+  typeset -g PS3="$base_prompt$path_prompt ?# $post_prompt"
+}
+
+prompt_gentoo_setup "$@"
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml b/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
index 78e1c7b..6dc4e41 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/Debian.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
   with_items:
   - { src: '.zshrc', dest: '/root/.zshrc' }
   - { src: '.zshrc.local', dest: '/root/.zshrc.local' }
+  - { src: 'prompt_gentoo_setup', dest: '/usr/share/zsh/functions/Prompts/prompt_gentoo_setup' }
 
 - name: Set shell for root user
   user: name=root shell=/bin/zsh
diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/FreeBSD.yml b/roles/common/tasks/FreeBSD.yml
index f6a4f35..ff10907 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/FreeBSD.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/FreeBSD.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
   with_items:
   - { src: '.zshrc', dest: '/root/.zshrc' }
   - { src: '.zshrc.local', dest: '/root/.zshrc.local' }
+  - { src: 'prompt_gentoo_setup', dest: '/usr/local/share/zsh/5.2/functions/Prompts/prompt_gentoo_setup' }