diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
index e3536bd19..ca11c6522 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/README.rst
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Notes:
 
     default/linux/amd64/17.0
     default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib
-    hardened/linux/amd64
-    hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib
+    default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened
+    default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened
 
 * You can set the GENTOO_PORTAGE_CLEANUP environment variable to true (or
   anything other than False) to clean up portage from the system and get the
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
index 3d7174ad0..57166ec42 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/root.d/10-gentoo-image
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@ if [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0" ]]; then
 elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-nomultilib'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='minimal-nomultilib'
-elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "hardened/linux/amd64" ]]; then
+elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-hardened'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='hardened+minimal'
-elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib" ]]; then
+elif [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == "default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened" ]]; then
     FILENAME_BASE='gentoo-stage4-hardened-nomultilib'
     SIGNED_SOURCE_SUFFIX='hardened+minimal-nomultilib'
 else
     echo 'invalid profile, please select from the following profiles'
     echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0'
     echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib'
-    echo 'hardened/linux/amd64'
-    echo 'hardened/linux/amd64/no-multilib'
+    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0/hardened'
+    echo 'default/linux/amd64/17.0/no-multilib/hardened'
     exit 1
 fi