diff --git a/ports/darknet/CONTROL b/ports/darknet/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..250f1b425a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/darknet/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Source: darknet
+Version: 1.0.0
+Description: Darknet is an open source neural network framework written in C and CUDA. You only look once (YOLO) is a state-of-the-art, real-time object detection system, best example of darknet functionalities.
+Build-Depends: pthreads (windows), stb
+Default-Features: weights
+
+Feature: opencv
+Build-Depends: opencv
+Description: Build darknet with support for OpenCV
+
+Feature: cuda
+Build-Depends: cuda
+Description: Build darknet with support for CUDA
+
+Feature: weights
+Description: Download common weights from official websites, using vcpkg proxy-enabled functions
+
+Feature: opencv-cuda
+Build-Depends: darknet[cuda], opencv[cuda]
+Description: Build darknet with support for a CUDA-enabled OpenCV
diff --git a/ports/darknet/dont_use_integrated_stb_lib.patch b/ports/darknet/dont_use_integrated_stb_lib.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4c526fae6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/darknet/dont_use_integrated_stb_lib.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index a5385ae..41514af 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -75,7 +75,10 @@ if(USE_INTEGRATED_LIBS)
+   include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rdparty/include)
+   set(PThreads_windows_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rdparty/include)
+   set(PThreads_windows_LIBRARY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rdparty/lib/x64/pthreadVC2.lib)
++  set(STB_INCLUDE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/3rdparty/include)
+   add_definitions(-D_TIMESPEC_DEFINED)
++else()
++  find_path(STB_INCLUDE_PATH NAMES stb.h "The directory where stb.h resides")
+ endif()
+ 
+ set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
+@@ -240,7 +243,7 @@ if(OpenCV_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.0" AND NOT SKIP_USELIB_TRACK)
+   add_executable(uselib_track ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/yolo_console_dll.cpp)
+   target_compile_definitions(uselib_track PRIVATE TRACK_OPTFLOW=1)
+   set_target_properties(uselib_track PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
+-  target_include_directories(uselib_track PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
++  target_include_directories(uselib_track PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${STB_INCLUDE_PATH}>)
+   target_link_libraries(uselib_track PRIVATE ${OpenCV_LIBS})
+ endif()
+ 
+@@ -251,9 +254,9 @@ add_executable(darknet ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/darknet.c ${sources} ${head
+ set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/darknet.c PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX)
+ set_target_properties(darknet PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
+ 
+-target_include_directories(darknet PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
+-target_include_directories(darklib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
+-target_include_directories(uselib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
++target_include_directories(darknet PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${STB_INCLUDE_PATH}>)
++target_include_directories(darklib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${STB_INCLUDE_PATH}>)
++target_include_directories(uselib PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${STB_INCLUDE_PATH}>)
+ 
+ if(CUDNN_FOUND)
+   target_link_libraries(darknet PRIVATE CuDNN::CuDNN)
diff --git a/ports/darknet/enable_standard_installation.patch b/ports/darknet/enable_standard_installation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7af6c8c53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/darknet/enable_standard_installation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 26c0ad7..9f425ad 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ enable_language(CXX)
+ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/Modules/" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
+ 
+-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Install prefix" FORCE)
+-set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Path where exe and dll will be installed" FORCE)
++set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR      "bin"                       CACHE PATH "Path where exe and dll will be installed")
+ set(INSTALL_LIB_DIR      "lib"                       CACHE PATH "Path where lib will be installed")
+ set(INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR  "include"                   CACHE PATH "Path where headers will be installed")
+ set(INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR    "share/darknet"             CACHE PATH "Path where cmake configs will be installed")
diff --git a/ports/darknet/portfile.cmake b/ports/darknet/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..890ff36ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/darknet/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "darknet does not support ARM")
+endif()
+
+if (VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "darknet does not support UWP")
+endif()
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+  REPO AlexeyAB/darknet
+  REF dd27d67f58f563bb6bb2af7bb6374f8a59cebcde
+  SHA512 6821ba9cd5dc185759492deaa2d20ac1ce60778a8aec9c372c96887d9650f9a97a3b7a3a5860b70078f483e62224772ef1078ecb9c03b1b3bed230569cc7b919
+  HEAD_REF master
+  PATCHES
+    enable_standard_installation.patch
+    dont_use_integrated_stb_lib.patch
+)
+
+set(ENABLE_CUDA OFF)
+if("cuda" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  set(ENABLE_CUDA ON)
+endif()
+
+set(ENABLE_OPENCV OFF)
+if("opencv" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  set(ENABLE_OPENCV ON)
+endif()
+
+if("weights" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  vcpkg_download_distfile(YOLOV3_WEIGHTS
+    URLS "https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov3.weights"
+    FILENAME "darknet-cache/yolov3.weights"
+    SHA512 293c70e404ff0250d7c04ca1e5e053fc21a78547e69b5b329d34f25981613e59b982d93fff2c352915ef7531d6c3b02a9b0b38346d05c51d6636878d8883f2c1
+  )
+  vcpkg_download_distfile(YOLOV2_WEIGHTS
+    URLS "https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov2.weights"
+    FILENAME "darknet-cache/yolov2.weights"
+    SHA512 5271da2dd2da915172ddd034c8e894877e7066051f105ae82e25e185a2b4e4157d2b9514653c23780e87346f2b20df6363018b7e688aba422e2dacf1d2fbf6ab
+  )
+  vcpkg_download_distfile(YOLOV3-TINY_WEIGHTS
+    URLS "https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov3-tiny.weights"
+    FILENAME "darknet-cache/yolov3-tiny.weights"
+    SHA512 981a56459515f727bb7b3d3341b95f4117499b6726eab2798e1c3e524de1ee8ed0d954c11b27bbbb926da2cc955526a194eddf69c55d65923994ab2e8af07042
+  )
+  vcpkg_download_distfile(YOLOV2-TINY_WEIGHTS
+    URLS "https://pjreddie.com/media/files/yolov2-tiny.weights"
+    FILENAME "darknet-cache/yolov2-tiny.weights"
+    SHA512 f0857a7a02cf4322354d288c9afa0b87321b23082b719bc84ea64e2f3556cc1fafeb836ee5bf9fb6dcf448839061b93623a067dfde7afa1338636865ea88989a
+  )
+endif()
+
+file(REMOVE ${SOURCE_PATH}/src/stb_image.h)
+file(REMOVE ${SOURCE_PATH}/src/stb_image_write.h)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+  SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+  PREFER_NINJA
+  OPTIONS
+    -DENABLE_CUDA=${ENABLE_CUDA}
+    -DENABLE_OPENCV=${ENABLE_OPENCV}
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+#somehow the native CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX does not work, so here we emulate it
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+  set(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX ".exe")
+else()
+  set(EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX "")
+endif()
+
+
+file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/darknet${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/uselib${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/uselib_track${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+  file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/uselib_track${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+endif()
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet/)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/darknet${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet/darknet${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/uselib${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet/uselib${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/uselib_track${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+  file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/uselib_track${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet/uselib_track${EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+endif()
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/cfg DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/data DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+  file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
+endif()
+
+#use vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets()?
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share/darknet/DarknetTargets.cmake ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/darknet/DarknetTargets.cmake)
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/darknet RENAME copyright)
+
+if("weights" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+  file(COPY ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/downloads/darknet-cache/yolov3.weights DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+  file(COPY ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/downloads/darknet-cache/yolov2.weights DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+  file(COPY ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/downloads/darknet-cache/yolov3-tiny.weights DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+  file(COPY ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}/downloads/darknet-cache/yolov2-tiny.weights DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/darknet)
+endif()