diff --git a/ports/cpp-netlib/CONTROL b/ports/cpp-netlib/CONTROL
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index 0000000000..010786d538
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+++ b/ports/cpp-netlib/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Source: cpp-netlib
+Version: 0.13.0-rc3
+Description: A collection of network-related routines/implementations geared towards providing a robust cross-platform networking library
+Build-Depends: boost
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diff --git a/ports/cpp-netlib/portfile.cmake b/ports/cpp-netlib/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff9870e467
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+++ b/ports/cpp-netlib/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "${PORT} does not currently support UWP")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO cpp-netlib/cpp-netlib
+    REF cpp-netlib-0.13.0-rc3
+    SHA512 ddc4178381ebc4179bc243d19ecd4c7e424a61a7b75b6fd59d1f9e9fbcc1383c0afba97bcbef1b791eedb5a7a2cd63a633454f3848dfc5d76a41cc8a2c6ed302
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+      SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+      PREFER_NINJA
+	  OPTIONS
+      -DCPP-NETLIB_BUILD_TESTS=off
+      -DCPP-NETLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES=off
+	  
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
+  vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH cmake TARGET_PATH share/${PORT})
+else()
+  vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/cppnetlib)
+endif()
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE_1_0.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
+