diff --git a/ports/freetype/brotli-static.patch b/ports/freetype/brotli-static.patch
index 6d657aa5a3..14a03f085a 100644
--- a/ports/freetype/brotli-static.patch
+++ b/ports/freetype/brotli-static.patch
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ diff --git a/builds/cmake/FindBrotliDec.cmake b/builds/cmake/FindBrotliDec.cmake
 index 46356b1fd..ed4cc2409 100644
 --- a/builds/cmake/FindBrotliDec.cmake
 +++ b/builds/cmake/FindBrotliDec.cmake
-@@ -35,10 +35,17 @@ find_path(BROTLIDEC_INCLUDE_DIRS
+@@ -35,10 +35,19 @@ find_path(BROTLIDEC_INCLUDE_DIRS
    PATH_SUFFIXES brotli)
  
  find_library(BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES
@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ index 46356b1fd..ed4cc2409 100644
    HINTS ${PC_BROTLIDEC_LIBDIR}
          ${PC_BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY_DIRS})
  
-+if(BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES MATCHES "-static")
++get_filename_component(z_vcpkg_freetype_brotlidec_name "${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES}" NAME)
++if(z_vcpkg_freetype_brotlidec_name MATCHES "-static")
 +  find_library(BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARIES
 +    NAMES brotlicommon-static
 +    HINTS ${PC_BROTLIDEC_LIBDIR}
 +          ${PC_BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-+  set(BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES ${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES} ${BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARIES})
++  set(BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES "${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES};${BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARIES}")
 +endif()
++unset(z_vcpkg_freetype_brotlidec_name)
  
  include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
  find_package_handle_standard_args(
diff --git a/ports/freetype/portfile.cmake b/ports/freetype/portfile.cmake
index f43790ddb1..0639955c01 100644
--- a/ports/freetype/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/freetype/portfile.cmake
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake"
     "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake" @ONLY)
-
+file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
 vcpkg_install_copyright(
     FILE_LIST
         "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.TXT"
diff --git a/ports/freetype/usage b/ports/freetype/usage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca71e4443b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/freetype/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+freetype is compatible with built-in CMake targets:
+
+    find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype) # since CMake 3.10
diff --git a/ports/freetype/vcpkg.json b/ports/freetype/vcpkg.json
index b129d8715b..42639756f9 100644
--- a/ports/freetype/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/freetype/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "freetype",
   "version": "2.12.1",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "A library to render fonts.",
   "homepage": "https://www.freetype.org/",
   "license": "FTL OR GPL-2.0-or-later",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 175e49742e..0fca1be7b8 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2458,7 +2458,7 @@
     },
     "freetype": {
       "baseline": "2.12.1",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "freetype-gl": {
       "baseline": "2022-01-17",
diff --git a/versions/f-/freetype.json b/versions/f-/freetype.json
index 1c7ad157ca..77d3ed64ce 100644
--- a/versions/f-/freetype.json
+++ b/versions/f-/freetype.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "db92ea87ff12339808263710675221df6a06ac15",
+      "version": "2.12.1",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "f1d6772ea2cb8cd74146b263b5dab534a10dd641",
       "version": "2.12.1",