diff --git a/ports/x-plane/CONTROL b/ports/x-plane/CONTROL
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+++ b/ports/x-plane/CONTROL
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+Source: x-plane
+Version: 3.0.1
+Description: The X-Plane Plugin SDK.
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diff --git a/ports/x-plane/portfile.cmake b/ports/x-plane/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x86)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "the x-plane SDK cannot be built for the x86 architecture")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_download_distfile(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH
+    URLS http://developer.x-plane.com/wp-content/plugins/code-sample-generation/sample_templates/XPSDK301.zip
+    FILENAME XPSDK301.zip
+    SHA512 3044d606039be8230f35a5992d322d4c009b4056f8fb17e929a9f5c2204c084e2c83ddad10801b21727645ec957c8942b83938f81256ec3778dbe75df525e62a
+)
+
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
+    ${OUT_SOURCE_PATH} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/
+)
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/x-plane/
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib
+)
+
+file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/CHeaders/Widgets/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include)
+file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/CHeaders/Wrappers/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include)
+file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/CHeaders/XPLM/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include)
+
+if(NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME OR VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Win/XPLM_64.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Win/XPWidgets_64.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Win/XPLM_64.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Win/XPWidgets_64.lib DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/)
+elseif (VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Mac/XPLM.framework/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Mac/XPWidgets.framework/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Mac/XPLM.framework/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/)
+    file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/Libraries/Mac/XPWidgets.framework/ DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/)
+endif()
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/SDK/license.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x-plane/)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x-plane/license.txt ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x-plane/copyright)
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/temp/)
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