diff --git a/ports/plplot/0005-wxwidgets-fix-rel-lib-dir.patch b/ports/plplot/0005-wxwidgets-fix-rel-lib-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ebe79f11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/plplot/0005-wxwidgets-fix-rel-lib-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
+index eaaa358..a68683c 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
+@@ -516,13 +516,11 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
+       endif()
+     endif()
+     if(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET)
+-          find_library(wxWidgets_LIB_DIR
+-        NAMES
+-          wxmsw31ud_core.lib
+-          wxmsw31u_core.lib
+-        PATHS
+-        DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries"
+-        )
++      if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
++        find_library(wxWidgets_LIB_DIR NAMES wxmsw31ud_core.lib DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries")
++      else()
++        find_library(wxWidgets_LIB_DIR NAMES wxmsw31u_core.lib  DOC "Path to wxWidgets libraries")
++      endif()
+       get_filename_component(wxWidgets_LIB_DIR ${wxWidgets_LIB_DIR} DIRECTORY)
+     elseif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+       find_path(wxWidgets_LIB_DIR
diff --git a/ports/plplot/CONTROL b/ports/plplot/CONTROL
index 71bdb1a51..b70c5d176 100644
--- a/ports/plplot/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/plplot/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: plplot
-Version: 5.13.0-2
+Version: 5.13.0-3
 Build-Depends: freetype, zlib, libpng, bzip2
 Description: PLplot is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots whose (UTF-8) plot symbols and text are limited in practice only by what Unicode-aware system fonts are installed on a user's computer.
 
diff --git a/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake b/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
index 1efd8f5a4..46781da07 100644
--- a/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ vcpkg_extract_source_archive_ex(
       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0002-wxwidgets-dev-fixes.patch"
       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/install-interface-include-directories.patch"
       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/use-math-h-nan.patch"
+      "0005-wxwidgets-fix-rel-lib-dir.patch"
 )
 
 set(BUILD_with_wxwidgets OFF)