diff --git a/ports/highfive/CONTROL b/ports/highfive/CONTROL
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+Source: highfive
+Version: 1.3
+Description: HighFive is a modern C++/C++11 friendly interface for libhdf5
+Build-Depends: hdf5, boost
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diff --git a/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake b/ports/highfive/portfile.cmake
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+# Common Ambient Variables:
+#   CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR    = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\buildtrees\${PORT}
+#   CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR      = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\packages\${PORT}_${TARGET_TRIPLET}
+#   CURRENT_PORT_DIR          = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\ports\${PORT}
+#   PORT                      = current port name (zlib, etc)
+#   TARGET_TRIPLET            = current triplet (x86-windows, x64-windows-static, etc)
+#   VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE         = C runtime linkage type (static, dynamic)
+#   VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE     = target library linkage type (static, dynamic)
+#   VCPKG_ROOT_DIR            = <C:\path\to\current\vcpkg>
+#   VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE = target architecture (x64, x86, arm)
+#
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/HighFive-1.3)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://github.com/BlueBrain/HighFive/archive/v1.3.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "highfive.v1.3.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 258efae1ef5eed45ac1cf93c21c79fab9ee3c340d49a36a4aa2b43c98df1c80db9167a40a0b6a59c4f99b7c190d41d545b53c0f2c5c59aabaffc4b2584b4390b
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+# Copy the highfive header files
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/include DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR} FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.hpp")
+# Handle copyright
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/highfive RENAME copyright)
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()