diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/files/neovim-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch b/app-editors/neovim/files/neovim-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2c9c80a7a690d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/files/neovim-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Ensure that :checkhealth is happy with the Gentoo build type.
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/757744
+--- a/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim
++++ b/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim
+@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ function! s:check_performance() abort
+   let buildtype = matchstr(execute('version'), '\v\cbuild type:?\s*[^\n\r\t ]+')
+   if empty(buildtype)
+     call health#report_error('failed to get build type from :version')
+-  elseif buildtype =~# '\v(MinSizeRel|Release|RelWithDebInfo)'
++  elseif buildtype =~# '\v(MinSizeRel|Release|RelWithDebInfo|Gentoo)'
+     call health#report_ok(buildtype)
+   else
+     call health#report_info(buildtype)
diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4-r100.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4-r100.ebuild
index 8cd8499a6fa23..2fdf25560fcee 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4-r100.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4-r100.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 
 PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake_lua_version.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake_lua_version.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch"
 )
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4.ebuild
index 2b8b289784e99..b9f0be5d76b60 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-0.4.4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	app-eselect/eselect-vi
 "
 
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch"
+)
+
 src_prepare() {
 	# use our system vim dir
 	sed -e "/^# define SYS_VIMRC_FILE/s|\$VIM|${EPREFIX}/etc/vim|" \
diff --git a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
index d10ac87a17045..0663ee9e47156 100644
--- a/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/neovim/neovim-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ RDEPEND="
 "
 
 PATCHES=(
-	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake_lua_version.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake_lua_version.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-0.4.4-cmake-release-type.patch"
 )
 
 src_prepare() {