diff --git a/ports/glib/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/glib/CMakeLists.txt
index 67f0ba10f0..40763e8cdf 100644
--- a/ports/glib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/glib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ macro(extract_vcproj_sources VC_PROJECT OUT_VAR)
 endmacro()
 
 # main module
-extract_vcproj_sources(build/win32/vs14/glib.vcxproj GLIB_SOURCES)
+extract_vcproj_sources(win32/vs14/glib.vcxproj GLIB_SOURCES)
 list(APPEND GLIB_SOURCES glib/libcharset/localcharset.c) # modified internal version with prefixed symbols
 add_library(glib ${GLIB_SOURCES})
 target_compile_definitions(glib PRIVATE USE_SYSTEM_PCRE ${GLIB_EXPORT_MACRO} GLIB_COMPILATION G_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib" LIBDIR)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ target_include_directories(gthread PRIVATE ${LIBINTL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 list(APPEND GLIB_TARGETS gthread)
 
 # gobject
-extract_vcproj_sources(build/win32/vs14/gobject.vcxproj GOBJECT_SOURCES)
+extract_vcproj_sources(win32/vs14/gobject.vcxproj GOBJECT_SOURCES)
 add_library(gobject ${GOBJECT_SOURCES})
 target_compile_definitions(gobject PRIVATE GOBJECT_COMPILATION ${GLIB_EXPORT_MACRO} G_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib-GObject")
 target_link_libraries(gobject gthread glib ${FFI_LIBRARY})
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ target_include_directories(gmodule PRIVATE ${LIBINTL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 list(APPEND GLIB_TARGETS gmodule)
 
 # gio
-extract_vcproj_sources(build/win32/vs14/gio.vcxproj GIO_SOURCES)
+extract_vcproj_sources(win32/vs14/gio.vcxproj GIO_SOURCES)
 add_library(gio ${GIO_SOURCES})
 target_compile_definitions(gio PRIVATE GIO_COMPILATION ${GLIB_EXPORT_MACRO} G_LOG_DOMAIN="GLib-GIO")
 target_link_libraries(gio glib gmodule gobject ws2_32 shlwapi dnsapi iphlpapi ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/ports/glib/CONTROL b/ports/glib/CONTROL
index f34cb6c6b6..99f98362c5 100644
--- a/ports/glib/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/glib/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: glib
-Version: 2.50.3
+Version: 2.52.1
 Description: Portable, general-purpose utility library.
 Build-Depends: zlib, pcre, libffi, gettext, libiconv
diff --git a/ports/glib/cmake/install_headers.cmake b/ports/glib/cmake/install_headers.cmake
index e94a12e49a..0cfc207a4b 100644
--- a/ports/glib/cmake/install_headers.cmake
+++ b/ports/glib/cmake/install_headers.cmake
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ install(FILES glib/gtypes.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gunicode.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gurifuncs.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gutils.h DESTINATION include/glib)
+install(FILES glib/guuid.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gvarianttype.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gvariant.h DESTINATION include/glib)
 install(FILES glib/gversion.h DESTINATION include/glib)
diff --git a/ports/glib/portfile.cmake b/ports/glib/portfile.cmake
index a3de1f33ff..51f8b0b30f 100644
--- a/ports/glib/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/glib/portfile.cmake
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
 endif()
 
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
-set(GLIB_VERSION 2.50.3)
+set(GLIB_VERSION 2.52.1)
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/glib-${GLIB_VERSION})
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
-    URLS "https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.50/glib-${GLIB_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+    URLS "https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.52/glib-${GLIB_VERSION}.tar.xz"
     FILENAME "glib-${GLIB_VERSION}.tar.xz"
-    SHA512 ef35806c15170b6608445f255136c0bebd2d433adf903c2af2865f6a57b4f2fcfc1e4a7cea1a0dac48ff5fe26248fbf7886dba4a8d209506f0a94160df8fb7af)
+    SHA512 6f0475b4ee1078867671a79b1751674926ba1caa872cec3896e2830c61c3cde67972afa9f2d606a2b6705e9846222462b003c6e966a9b63982f3fc3fb58c4d37)
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 vcpkg_apply_patches(