diff --git a/ports/hedley/CONTROL b/ports/hedley/CONTROL
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+Source: hedley
+Version: 2019-05-08-1
+Description: A C/C++ header to help move #ifdefs out of your code
diff --git a/ports/hedley/portfile.cmake b/ports/hedley/portfile.cmake
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+# header-only library
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO nemequ/hedley
+    REF 1b74d9bc892137b3f006d04ff905098b900116d0
+    SHA512 8f3e4fc081fb33cc3a3d637eb09863e80fa94b5e46ecf6507aabe6a5b0648881a96c8cf2ef01b4146ecd3a14908ef87f3204960514af6c91d00c93bea18eda41
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/hedley.h DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include)
+
+file(STRINGS ${SOURCE_PATH}/hedley.h SOURCE_LINES)
+# Capture more lines than required to handle future license file changes
+list(SUBLIST SOURCE_LINES 0 30 SOURCE_LINES)
+list(JOIN SOURCE_LINES "\n" _contents)
+file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/copyright "${_contents}")