diff --git a/ports/libheif/portfile.cmake b/ports/libheif/portfile.cmake
index 0572f84ed4..81bdfc46ec 100644
--- a/ports/libheif/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libheif/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         gdk-pixbuf.patch
 )
 
+vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
+	FEATURES
+		hevc    WITH_X265
+)
+
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
         -DWITH_EXAMPLES=OFF
         -DWITH_DAV1D=OFF
         -DPKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=ON
+        ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
 )
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
diff --git a/ports/libheif/vcpkg.json b/ports/libheif/vcpkg.json
index 81e0c3ae0e..9b079991b0 100644
--- a/ports/libheif/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libheif/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "libheif",
   "version": "1.17.6",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "libheif is an HEIF and AVIF file format decoder and encoder.",
   "homepage": "http://www.libheif.org/",
   "license": "LGPL-3.0-only",
@@ -18,7 +19,18 @@
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
       "host": true
-    },
-    "x265"
-  ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "default-features": [
+    "hevc"
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "hevc": {
+      "description": "HEVC encoding via x265",
+      "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "x265"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 4f2c537777..0640d3d535 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4434,7 +4434,7 @@
     },
     "libheif": {
       "baseline": "1.17.6",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "libhsplasma": {
       "baseline": "2023-05-08",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libheif.json b/versions/l-/libheif.json
index 8d45c4f14a..a0e2640be1 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libheif.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libheif.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "09b2045951b7521e2d597082009265a70427581d",
+      "version": "1.17.6",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "b5871a26f6e90560089b413fc136e7f0062885b8",
       "version": "1.17.6",