diff --git a/docs/users/triplets.md b/docs/users/triplets.md
index 25574384472..794c14b486d 100644
--- a/docs/users/triplets.md
+++ b/docs/users/triplets.md
@@ -89,6 +89,25 @@ This option also has forms for configuration-specific flags:
 - `VCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG`
 - `VCPKG_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE`
 
+### VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
+Set additional CMake configure options that are appended to the configure command (in [`vcpkg_cmake_configure`](../maintainers/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.md)).
+
+This field is optional.
+
+Also available as build-type specific `VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG` and `VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE` variables.
+
+### VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
+Set additional automake / autoconf configure options that are appended to the configure command (in [`vcpkg_configure_make`](../maintainers/vcpkg_configure_make.md)).
+
+This field is optional.
+
+For example, to skip certain libtool checks that may errantly fail:
+```cmake
+set(VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS "lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all")
+```
+
+Also available as build-type specific `VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG` and `VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE` variables.
+
 <a name="VCPKG_DEP_INFO_OVERRIDE_VARS"></a>
 ### VCPKG_DEP_INFO_OVERRIDE_VARS
 Replaces the default computed list of triplet "Supports" terms.
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg.json b/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg.json
index 710d38e62d1..8e2ac9ec664 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
   "version-date": "2021-02-28",
-  "port-version": 2
+  "port-version": 3
 }
diff --git a/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake b/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake
index 3b7d31eff37..acc6f365547 100644
--- a/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake
+++ b/ports/vcpkg-cmake/vcpkg_cmake_configure.cmake
@@ -293,6 +293,17 @@ function(vcpkg_cmake_configure)
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
+    # Allow overrides / additional configuration variables from triplets
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS)
+        list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS "${VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS}")
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE)
+        list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS_RELEASE "${VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE}")
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG)
+        list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS_DEBUG "${VCPKG_CMAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG}")
+    endif()
+
     if(ninja_host AND CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND NOT arg_DISABLE_PARALLEL_CONFIGURE)
         list(APPEND arg_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_DISABLE_SOURCE_CHANGES=ON")
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
index 770678394fc..86b42a17348 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_make.cmake
@@ -512,6 +512,17 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_make)
         list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS --disable-shared --enable-static)
     endif()
 
+    # Can be set in the triplet to append options for configure
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS)
+        list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS ${VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS})
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE)
+        list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS_RELEASE ${VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_RELEASE})
+    endif()
+    if(DEFINED VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG)
+        list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS_DEBUG ${VCPKG_MAKE_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_DEBUG})
+    endif()
+
     file(RELATIVE_PATH RELATIVE_BUILD_PATH "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}" "${_csc_SOURCE_PATH}/${_csc_PROJECT_SUBPATH}")
 
     set(base_cmd)
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index dac0aa82750..310ed89bab3 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -6482,7 +6482,7 @@
     },
     "vcpkg-cmake": {
       "baseline": "2021-02-28",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "vcpkg-cmake-config": {
       "baseline": "2021-05-22",
diff --git a/versions/v-/vcpkg-cmake.json b/versions/v-/vcpkg-cmake.json
index 561945cd636..1f1fb408b63 100644
--- a/versions/v-/vcpkg-cmake.json
+++ b/versions/v-/vcpkg-cmake.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "0e8bb94599a00fd9c61fd0ae524c22a067c21420",
+      "version-date": "2021-02-28",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "02fbd92ab46d1512b22280f1264e4e8f8d076ef4",
       "version-date": "2021-02-28",