diff --git a/scripts/ports.cmake b/scripts/ports.cmake
index be73209ad..fbe80cc20 100644
--- a/scripts/ports.cmake
+++ b/scripts/ports.cmake
@@ -39,16 +39,18 @@ macro(debug_message)
 endmacro()
 
 if(CMD MATCHES "^CREATE$")
+    file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR} NATIVE_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR)
+    file(TO_NATIVE_PATH ${DOWNLOADS} NATIVE_DOWNLOADS)
     if(EXISTS ports/${PORT}/portfile.cmake)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Portfile already exists: '${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/ports/${PORT}/portfile.cmake'")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Portfile already exists: '${NATIVE_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\\ports\\${PORT}\\portfile.cmake'")
     endif()
     if(NOT FILENAME)
         get_filename_component(FILENAME "${URL}" NAME)
     endif()
     string(REGEX REPLACE "(\\.(zip|gz|tar|tgz|bz2))+\$" "" ROOT_NAME ${FILENAME})
     if(EXISTS ${DOWNLOADS}/${FILENAME})
-        message(STATUS "Using pre-downloaded: ${DOWNLOADS}/${FILENAME}")
-        message(STATUS "If this is not desired, delete the file and ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/ports/${PORT}/portfile.cmake")
+        message(STATUS "Using pre-downloaded: ${NATIVE_DOWNLOADS}\\${FILENAME}")
+        message(STATUS "If this is not desired, delete the file and ${NATIVE_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\\ports\\${PORT}")
     else()
         include(vcpkg_download_distfile)
         file(DOWNLOAD ${URL} ${DOWNLOADS}/${FILENAME} STATUS error_code)
@@ -60,8 +62,12 @@ if(CMD MATCHES "^CREATE$")
 
     file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ports/${PORT})
     configure_file(scripts/templates/portfile.in.cmake ports/${PORT}/portfile.cmake @ONLY)
+    configure_file(scripts/templates/CONTROL.in ports/${PORT}/CONTROL @ONLY)
 
-    message(STATUS "Generated portfile: ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/ports/${PORT}/portfile.cmake")
+    message(STATUS "Generated portfile: ${NATIVE_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\\ports\\${PORT}\\portfile.cmake")
+    message(STATUS "Generated CONTROL: ${NATIVE_VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\\ports\\${PORT}\\CONTROL")
+    message(STATUS "To launch an editor for these new files, run")
+    message(STATUS "    vcpkg edit ${PORT}")
 elseif(CMD MATCHES "^BUILD$")
 	if(NOT DEFINED CURRENT_PORT_DIR)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "CURRENT_PORT_DIR was not defined")
diff --git a/scripts/templates/CONTROL.in b/scripts/templates/CONTROL.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5b706861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/templates/CONTROL.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Source: @PORT@
+Version:
+Description:
\ No newline at end of file