diff --git a/ports/utfcpp/CONTROL b/ports/utfcpp/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..619e8b2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/utfcpp/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Source: utfcpp
+Version: 2.3.4
+Description: UTF-8 with C++ in a Portable Way
diff --git a/ports/utfcpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/utfcpp/portfile.cmake
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index 000000000..760d4107c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/utfcpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/utfcpp-2.3.4)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE_FILE
+    URLS "https://github.com/nemtrif/utfcpp/archive/v2.3.4.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "utfcpp-2.3.4.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 1baa67c4efb926bba97dfbc869ac057d5d6cf67e94879fc0854ec3d75a5bae7c47cb3e9fd9cbc7bed9ca5daf40f173c0349bce2f6aa34a400bdf77d01522ff2f
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE_FILE})
+
+# Put the licence file where vcpkg expects it
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/source/utf8.h DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/utfcpp RENAME copyright)
+
+# Copy the utf8-cpp header files
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/source/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include)