diff --git a/ports/sciter/0001_patch_stdafx.patch b/ports/sciter/0001_patch_stdafx.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4a85d5d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sciter/0001_patch_stdafx.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/include/sciter-win-main.cpp b/include/sciter-win-main.cpp
+index 9f2699e..104b70a 100644
+--- a/include/sciter-win-main.cpp
++++ b/include/sciter-win-main.cpp
+@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+-#include "stdafx.h"
++// It is better to disable stdafx.h by default.
++// And enable it explicitly via /Fstdafx.h compiler option (C/C++ - Advanced - Force Include File).
++// #include "stdafx.h"
+
+ #include <vector>
+
diff --git a/ports/sciter/CONTROL b/ports/sciter/CONTROL
index 0dd3795abb..ba9d888a59 100644
--- a/ports/sciter/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/sciter/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: sciter
-Version: 4.0.0.9
+Version: 4.0.0.9-1
 Description: Sciter is an embeddable HTML/CSS/scripting engine.
 Maintainer: andrew.fedoniouk@gmail.com, ehysta@gmail.com
diff --git a/ports/sciter/portfile.cmake b/ports/sciter/portfile.cmake
index c8a8becdeb..01542219f1 100644
--- a/ports/sciter/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/sciter/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,38 +1,49 @@
-#header-only library
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+    message(WARNING "Warning: Sciter requires sciter.dll to run. Download it manually or install dynamic package.")
+endif()
+
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
+# header-only library
 set(VCPKG_POLICY_DLLS_WITHOUT_LIBS enabled)
 
 set(SCITER_VERSION 4.0.0.9)
 set(SCITER_REVISION 43565156c373f9635cc491551b870a948d4d6f37)
-set(SCITER_SHA 8d3a37caa2daa0a9ff1f2bfe89f0d5d67c2e9da8de70d971748a4fc6369b7c81e1e2ae97e577d6c8835f2872b1f284db7ee6c255c99bc54752aa3e7c82d81efc)
+set(SCITER_SHA 6c50822c46784a8b2114973dffa8ec4041c69f84303507fdcde425dbac8d698dd6241a209cdc0ae0663751ed0f78d92f7b0c26794417f374978bfb3e33bf004c)
 set(SCITER_SRC ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/sciter-sdk-${SCITER_REVISION})
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x64)
-  set(SCITER_ARCH 64)
+    set(SCITER_ARCH 64)
 elseif(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x86)
-  set(SCITER_ARCH 32)
+    set(SCITER_ARCH 32)
 endif()
 
-# unpack
-vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
-    URLS "https://github.com/c-smile/sciter-sdk/archive/${SCITER_REVISION}.zip"
-    FILENAME "sciter-sdk-${SCITER_VERSION}.zip"
+# check out
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO c-smile/sciter-sdk
+    REF ${SCITER_REVISION}
     SHA512 ${SCITER_SHA}
 )
-vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 
-# include
+# disable stdafx.h
+vcpkg_apply_patches(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PATCHES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001_patch_stdafx.patch
+)
+
+# install include directory
 file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/include/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/sciter
-  FILES_MATCHING
-  PATTERN "sciter-gtk-main.cpp" EXCLUDE
-  PATTERN "sciter-osx-main.mm" EXCLUDE
-  PATTERN "*.cpp"
-  PATTERN "*.h"
-  PATTERN "*.hpp"
-  )
+    FILES_MATCHING
+    PATTERN "sciter-gtk-main.cpp" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "sciter-osx-main.mm" EXCLUDE
+    PATTERN "*.cpp"
+    PATTERN "*.h"
+    PATTERN "*.hpp"
+)
 
 set(SCITER_SHARE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/sciter)
+set(SCITER_TOOLS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/sciter)
 
 # license
 file(COPY ${SCITER_SRC}/logfile.htm DESTINATION ${SCITER_SHARE})
@@ -44,14 +55,15 @@ file(COPY ${SCITER_SRC}/samples DESTINATION ${SCITER_SHARE})
 file(COPY ${SCITER_SRC}/widgets DESTINATION ${SCITER_SHARE})
 
 # tools
-file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/packfolder.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
-file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/tiscript.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
+file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/packfolder.exe DESTINATION ${SCITER_TOOLS})
+file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/tiscript.exe DESTINATION ${SCITER_TOOLS})
 
-file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/sciter.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
-file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/inspector.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
+file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/sciter.exe DESTINATION ${SCITER_TOOLS})
+file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/inspector.exe DESTINATION ${SCITER_TOOLS})
 
 if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-	file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/sciter.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
+    # DLLs should not be present in a static build
+    file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/sciter.dll DESTINATION ${SCITER_TOOLS})
 endif()
 
 # bin
@@ -60,6 +72,4 @@ if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
 	file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/sciter.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
 	file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/tiscript-sqlite.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
 	file(INSTALL ${SCITER_SRC}/bin/${SCITER_ARCH}/tiscript-sqlite.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
-else()
-	message(WARNING "Sciter requires sciter.dll to run. Download it manually or install dynamic package.")
 endif()