diff --git a/ports/avisynthplus/clang-cl.patch b/ports/avisynthplus/clang-cl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5cf087f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/avisynthplus/clang-cl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index d60332e63..0216970fc 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -188,7 +188,15 @@ endif()
+       endif()
+     ENDIF()
+ 
++    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT STREQUAL "MSVC")
++        set(CLANG_IN_VS "1")
++    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT STREQUAL "MSVC")
++        set(IntelLLVM_IN_VS "1")
++    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT STREQUAL "MSVC")
++        set(IntelClassic_IN_VS "1")
++    endif()
++
+     IF(CLANG_IN_VS STREQUAL "1")
+         #these are unknown
+         #set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fexceptions")
+         #set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fexceptions")
diff --git a/ports/avisynthplus/portfile.cmake b/ports/avisynthplus/portfile.cmake
index 4851bb0f9b..5e018b73c2 100644
--- a/ports/avisynthplus/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/avisynthplus/portfile.cmake
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF v3.7.2
     SHA512 82cf2afed4cc53c0e09d367ff3df1db0e9ac17ff2458e4660c646430d8e72f472b072a3910c9595b26eb5ac89c82fe74699acab3869014f87d8e2738b81568a1
     HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+        clang-cl.patch # the normal lookup is not working since it doesn't take Ninja as a Generator into account
 )
 
 vcpkg_download_distfile(GHC_ARCHIVE
diff --git a/ports/avisynthplus/vcpkg.json b/ports/avisynthplus/vcpkg.json
index f2a64817c1..26af95e8ea 100644
--- a/ports/avisynthplus/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/avisynthplus/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "avisynthplus",
-  "version-semver": "3.7.2",
+  "version": "3.7.2",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "An improved version of the AviSynth frameserver, with improved features and developer friendliness",
   "homepage": "https://avs-plus.net/",
   "license": "GPL-2.0",
diff --git a/versions/a-/avisynthplus.json b/versions/a-/avisynthplus.json
index fa886037d2..feb78b21b2 100644
--- a/versions/a-/avisynthplus.json
+++ b/versions/a-/avisynthplus.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "10f62c32226c4f588e4524ebe1ffc36a2ad2165a",
+      "version": "3.7.2",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "e3749b45c163c78cdd03a7e47223634ba17ab58f",
       "version-semver": "3.7.2",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index bb71fe2d90..6bd189f349 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
     },
     "avisynthplus": {
       "baseline": "3.7.2",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "avro-c": {
       "baseline": "1.11.0",