diff --git a/ports/qhull/CONTROL b/ports/qhull/CONTROL
index 9ea30f0115..67812997ba 100644
--- a/ports/qhull/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/qhull/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: qhull
-Version: 7.3.2
+Version: 7.3.2-1
 Homepage: https://github.com/qhull/qhull
 Description: computes the convex hull, Delaunay triangulation, Voronoi diagram
diff --git a/ports/qhull/portfile.cmake b/ports/qhull/portfile.cmake
index a9c6899231..ade241dc8a 100644
--- a/ports/qhull/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/qhull/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF v7.3.2 # Qhull 2019.1
     SHA512 aea2c70179de10f648aba960129a3b9a3fe309a0eb085bdb86f697e3d4b214570c241e88d4f0b4d2974137759ee7086452d0a3957c4b2a256708402fb3c9eb3d
     HEAD_REF master
+	PATCHES uwp.patch
 )
 if(${TARGET_TRIPLET} STREQUAL "x64-windows-static") 
 # workaround for visual studio toolset regression LNK1201 (remove if solved)
diff --git a/ports/qhull/uwp.patch b/ports/qhull/uwp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98c74564ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/qhull/uwp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/src/libqhull/global.c b/src/libqhull/global.c
+index e7de8e6..81be9df 100644
+--- a/src/libqhull/global.c
++++ b/src/libqhull/global.c
+@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ void qh_init_qhull_command(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ */
+ void qh_initflags(char *command) {
+   int k, i, lastproject;
+-  char *s= command, *t, *prev_s, *start, key, *lastwarning= NULL;
++  char *s= command, *t = NULL, *prev_s, *start, key, *lastwarning= NULL;
+   boolT isgeom= False, wasproject;
+   realT r;
+ 
+diff --git a/src/libqhull_r/global_r.c b/src/libqhull_r/global_r.c
+index 3e6919f..8d13e47 100644
+--- a/src/libqhull_r/global_r.c
++++ b/src/libqhull_r/global_r.c
+@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void qh_init_qhull_command(qhT *qh, int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ */
+ void qh_initflags(qhT *qh, char *command) {
+   int k, i, lastproject;
+-  char *s= command, *t, *prev_s, *start, key, *lastwarning= NULL;
++  char *s= command, *t = NULL, *prev_s, *start, key, *lastwarning= NULL;
+   boolT isgeom= False, wasproject;
+   realT r;
+