diff --git a/ports/hidapi/CONTROL b/ports/hidapi/CONTROL
deleted file mode 100644
index 80f18b4935..0000000000
--- a/ports/hidapi/CONTROL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Source: hidapi
-Version: 2019-08-30
-Description: A Simple library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices on Linux, Mac and Windows.
-Homepage: https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
diff --git a/ports/hidapi/portfile.cmake b/ports/hidapi/portfile.cmake
index ec7abb495e..ea2cd092bf 100644
--- a/ports/hidapi/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/hidapi/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+vcpkg_fail_port_install(ON_ARCH "arm" "arm64" ON_TARGET "linux" "osx" "uwp")
+
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO libusb/hidapi
@@ -7,26 +9,46 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
 )
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-    if(TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH MATCHES "arm")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "ARM builds are currently not supported!")
-    elseif(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL WindowsStore)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "UWP builds are currently not supported!")
+    file(READ "${SOURCE_PATH}/windows/hidapi.vcxproj" _contents)
+    if(${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE} STREQUAL "dynamic")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
+    else()
+        string(REGEX REPLACE
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            "<RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
     endif()
 
+    if(${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE} STREQUAL "dynamic")
+        string(REPLACE
+            "<ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>"
+            "<ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
+    else()
+        string(REPLACE
+            "<ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>"
+            "<ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>"
+            _contents "${_contents}")
+    endif()
+    file(WRITE "${SOURCE_PATH}/windows/hidapi.vcxproj" "${_contents}")
+
     vcpkg_install_msbuild(
         SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-        PROJECT_SUBPATH windows/hidapi.sln
+        PROJECT_SUBPATH windows/hidapi.vcxproj
         INCLUDES_SUBPATH hidapi ALLOW_ROOT_INCLUDES
         LICENSE_SUBPATH LICENSE-bsd.txt # use BSD license
     )
 
-    file(COPY
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/hidapi-config.cmake
-        DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
-
-    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
-    endif()
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Non-Windows builds are currently not supported!")
+    file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/hidapi-config.cmake DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
 endif()
diff --git a/ports/hidapi/vcpkg.json b/ports/hidapi/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f73f97f2ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/hidapi/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "hidapi",
+  "version-string": "2019-08-30",
+  "port-version": 1,
+  "description": "A Simple library for communicating with USB and Bluetooth HID devices on Linux, Mac and Windows.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/libusb/hidapi",
+  "supports": "windows & !(arm | arm64 | uwp)"
+}