@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 pym/portage/const.py                | 1 +
 pym/portage/package/ebuild/fetch.py | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/pym/portage/const.py	
+++ a/pym/portage/const.py	
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ SUPPORTED_FEATURES       = frozenset([
 	"force-mirror",
 	"force-prefix",
 	"getbinpkg",
+	"gentoo-mirrors-shuffle",
 	"icecream",
 	"installsources",
 	"ipc-sandbox",
--- a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/fetch.py	
+++ a/pym/portage/package/ebuild/fetch.py	
@@ -364,7 +364,13 @@ def fetch(myuris, mysettings, listonly=0, fetchonly=0,
 		pass
 	else:
 		if try_mirrors:
-			mymirrors += [x.rstrip("/") for x in mysettings["GENTOO_MIRRORS"].split() if x]
+			if 'gentoo-mirrors-shuffle' in mysettings["FEATURES"]:
+				shuffled_mirrors = [x.rstrip("/") for x in mysettings["GENTOO_MIRRORS"].split() if x]
+				random.shuffle(shuffled_mirrors)
+				mymirrors += shuffled_mirrors
+				del shuffled_mirrors
+			else:
+				mymirrors += [x.rstrip("/") for x in mysettings["GENTOO_MIRRORS"].split() if x]
 
 	hash_filter = _hash_filter(mysettings.get("PORTAGE_CHECKSUM_FILTER", ""))
 	if hash_filter.transparent:
--