diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/cmake-allow-build-type-none.patch b/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/cmake-allow-build-type-none.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6d8c8f1b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/patches/cmake-allow-build-type-none.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/Util.cmake b/cmake/Util.cmake
+index 343a729..d7d15e1 100644
+--- a/cmake/Util.cmake
++++ b/cmake/Util.cmake
+@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function(set_default_buildtype)
+       message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE not specified, default is 'Debug'")
+       set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build" FORCE)
+     elseif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE IN_LIST allowableBuildTypes)
+-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
++      message(WARNING "Invalid build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+     else()
+       message(STATUS "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+     endif()
+diff --git a/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim b/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim
+index be56658..46fdd0f 100644
+--- a/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim
++++ b/runtime/autoload/health/nvim.vim
+@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ 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|None)'
+     call health#report_ok(buildtype)
+   else
+     call health#report_info(buildtype)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/neovim/template b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
index 8ee497a2fc1..da9efa2a409 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neovim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neovim/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'neovim'
 pkgname=neovim
 version=0.8.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu"
-configure_args="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCOMPILE_LUA=OFF"
+configure_args="-DCOMPILE_LUA=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext gperf LuaJIT lua51-lpeg lua51-mpack"
 makedepends="libtermkey-devel libuv-devel libvterm-devel msgpack-devel
  LuaJIT-devel libluv-devel tree-sitter-devel"