diff --git a/ports/libxml2/0001-Fix-makefile.patch b/ports/libxml2/0001-Fix-makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e6c774dd8..0000000000
--- a/ports/libxml2/0001-Fix-makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
----
- win32/Makefile.msvc | 22 ++++++++++++----------
- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/win32/Makefile.msvc b/win32/Makefile.msvc
-index d16c1a2..de9e22e 100644
---- a/win32/Makefile.msvc
-+++ b/win32/Makefile.msvc
-@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ XML_A = $(XML_BASENAME)_a.lib
- XML_A_DLL = $(XML_BASENAME)_a_dll.lib
- 
- # Place where we let the compiler put its output.
--BINDIR = bin.msvc
--XML_INTDIR = int.msvc
--XML_INTDIR_A = int.a.msvc
--XML_INTDIR_A_DLL = int.a.dll.msvc
--UTILS_INTDIR = int.utils.msvc
-+BINDIR = $(OUTDIR)\bin.msvc
-+XML_INTDIR = $(OUTDIR)\int.msvc
-+XML_INTDIR_A = $(OUTDIR)\int.a.msvc
-+XML_INTDIR_A_DLL = $(OUTDIR)\int.a.dll.msvc
-+UTILS_INTDIR = $(OUTDIR)\int.utils.msvc
- 
- # The preprocessor and its options.
- CPP = cl.exe /EP
-@@ -72,16 +72,18 @@ LIBS =
- LIBS = $(LIBS) wsock32.lib ws2_32.lib
- !endif 
- !if "$(WITH_ICONV)" == "1"
--LIBS = $(LIBS) iconv.lib
-+LIBS = $(LIBS) libiconv.lib libcharset.lib
- !endif 
- !if "$(WITH_ICU)" == "1"
- LIBS = $(LIBS) icu.lib
- !endif
- !if "$(WITH_ZLIB)" == "1"
--# could be named differently zdll or zlib
--# LIBS = $(LIBS) zdll.lib
-+!if "$(DEBUG)" == "1"
-+LIBS = $(LIBS) zlibd.lib
-+!else
- LIBS = $(LIBS) zlib.lib
- !endif
-+!endif
- !if "$(WITH_LZMA)" == "1"
- LIBS = $(LIBS) liblzma.lib
- !endif
-@@ -101,10 +103,10 @@ ARFLAGS = /nologo
- CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) /D "_DEBUG" /Od /Z7
- LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) /DEBUG
- !else
- CFLAGS = $(CFLAGS) /D "NDEBUG" /O2 
- # commented out as this break VC10 c.f. 634846
- # LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) /OPT:NOWIN98
--LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS)
-+LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGS) /DEBUG /OPT:REF /OPT:ICF
- !endif
- 
- # Libxml object files.
--- 
diff --git a/ports/libxml2/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/libxml2/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02cccd6c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libxml2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+project(libxml2 C)
+
+option(INSTALL_HEADERS "Install public header files" ON)
+
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+find_package(LibLZMA REQUIRED)
+find_library(ICONV NAMES libiconv)
+find_library(ICONV_CHARSET NAMES libcharset)
+
+set(SOURCES
+    buf.c
+    c14n.c
+    catalog.c
+    chvalid.c
+    debugXML.c
+    dict.c
+    DOCBparser.c
+    encoding.c
+    entities.c
+    error.c
+    globals.c
+    hash.c
+    HTMLparser.c
+    HTMLtree.c
+    legacy.c
+    list.c
+    nanoftp.c
+    nanohttp.c
+    parser.c
+    parserInternals.c
+    pattern.c
+    relaxng.c
+    SAX.c
+    SAX2.c
+    schematron.c
+    threads.c
+    tree.c
+    uri.c
+    valid.c
+    xinclude.c
+    xlink.c
+    xmlIO.c
+    xmlmemory.c
+    xmlreader.c
+    xmlregexp.c
+    xmlmodule.c
+    xmlsave.c
+    xmlschemas.c
+    xmlschemastypes.c
+    xmlstring.c
+    xmlunicode.c
+    xmlwriter.c
+    xpath.c
+    xpointer.c
+    xzlib.c
+)
+
+# Generate xmlexports with fixed definition of LIBXML_STATIC
+file(READ include/libxml/xmlexports.h XMLEXPORTS_H)
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    string(REPLACE "!defined(LIBXML_STATIC)" "1" XMLEXPORTS_H "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
+else()
+    string(REPLACE "!defined(LIBXML_STATIC)" "0" XMLEXPORTS_H "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
+endif()
+file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xmlexports.h "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
+
+file(GLOB PUBLIC_HEADERS include/libxml/*.h)
+list(FILTER PUBLIC_HEADERS EXCLUDE REGEX "xmlexports\\.h$")
+list(APPEND PUBLIC_HEADERS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xmlexports.h)
+
+configure_file(include/win32config.h config.h COPYONLY)
+
+add_library(libxml2 ${SOURCES})
+if(INSTALL_HEADERS)
+    set_target_properties(libxml2 PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${PUBLIC_HEADERS}")
+endif()
+target_include_directories(libxml2 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} win32/vc10 include ${LIBLZMA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(libxml2 PRIVATE
+    ZLIB::ZLIB
+    ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES}
+    ${ICONV}
+    ${ICONV_CHARSET}
+    wsock32.lib
+    ws2_32.lib
+)
+target_compile_definitions(libxml2 PRIVATE
+    -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+    -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
+    -D_REENTRANT
+    -DNOLIBTOOL
+    -DHAVE_WIN32_THREADS
+    -DHAVE_ZLIB_H
+    -DHAVE_LZMA_H
+)
+if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    target_compile_definitions(libxml2 PRIVATE -DLIBXML_STATIC)
+endif()
+
+set(TARGET_INSTALL_OPTIONS)
+if(INSTALL_HEADERS)
+    set(TARGET_INSTALL_OPTIONS PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION include/libxml)
+endif()
+
+install(TARGETS libxml2
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    ${TARGET_INSTALL_OPTIONS}
+)
diff --git a/ports/libxml2/CONTROL b/ports/libxml2/CONTROL
index 538060dae8..9f15642264 100644
--- a/ports/libxml2/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libxml2/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: libxml2
-Version: 2.9.4
+Version: 2.9.4-1
 Description: Libxml2 is the XML C parser and toolkit developed for the Gnome project (but usable outside of the Gnome platform)
-Build-Depends: zlib, libiconv
+Build-Depends: zlib, libiconv, liblzma
diff --git a/ports/libxml2/portfile.cmake b/ports/libxml2/portfile.cmake
index bb4e043b3c..de98368c90 100644
--- a/ports/libxml2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libxml2/portfile.cmake
@@ -15,152 +15,15 @@ vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 
-find_program(NMAKE nmake)
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
 
-vcpkg_apply_patches(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/
-    PATCHES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-Fix-makefile.patch
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG -DINSTALL_HEADERS=OFF
 )
 
-set(SCRIPTS_DIR ${SOURCE_PATH}/win32)
-
-set(CONFIGURE_COMMAND_TEMPLATE cscript configure.js
-    zlib=yes
-    cruntime=@CRUNTIME@
-    debug=@DEBUGMODE@
-    prefix=@INSTALL_DIR@
-    include=@INCLUDE_DIR@
-    lib=@LIB_DIR@
-    bindir=@INSTALL_BIN_DIR@
-)
-
-
-#
-# Release
-#
-
-message(STATUS "Configuring ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel")
-
-if(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-    set(CRUNTIME /MD)
-else()
-    set(CRUNTIME /MT)
-endif()
-set(DEBUGMODE no)
-set(LIB_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib)
-set(INCLUDE_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include)
-set(INSTALL_DIR ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR})
-set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR "$(PREFIX)/tools")
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${LIB_DIR}" LIB_DIR)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${INCLUDE_DIR}" INCLUDE_DIR)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${INSTALL_DIR}" INSTALL_DIR)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${INSTALL_BIN_DIR}" INSTALL_BIN_DIR)
-string(CONFIGURE "${CONFIGURE_COMMAND_TEMPLATE}" CONFIGURE_COMMAND)
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_COMMAND}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME config-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel
-)
-# Handle build output directory
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel" OUTDIR)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${OUTDIR}")
-message(STATUS "Configuring ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel done")
-
-message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel")
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${NMAKE} /f Makefile.msvc rebuild OUTDIR=${OUTDIR}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel
-)
-message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel done")
-
-message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel")
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${NMAKE} /f Makefile.msvc install OUTDIR=${OUTDIR}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME install-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel
-)
-message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel done")
-
-
-#
-# Debug
-#
-
-message(STATUS "Configuring ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg")
-
-if(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-    set(CRUNTIME /MDd)
-else()
-    set(CRUNTIME /MTd)
-endif()
-set(DEBUGMODE yes)
-set(LIB_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib)
-set(INSTALL_DIR ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${LIB_DIR}" LIB_DIR)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${INSTALL_DIR}" INSTALL_DIR)
-string(CONFIGURE "${CONFIGURE_COMMAND_TEMPLATE}" CONFIGURE_COMMAND)
-
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${CONFIGURE_COMMAND}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME config-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg
-)
-# Handle build output directory
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg" OUTDIR)
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${OUTDIR}")
-message(STATUS "Configuring ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg done")
-
-message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg")
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${NMAKE} /f Makefile.msvc rebuild OUTDIR=${OUTDIR}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg
-)
-message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg done")
-
-message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg")
-vcpkg_execute_required_process(
-    COMMAND ${NMAKE} /f Makefile.msvc install OUTDIR=${OUTDIR}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SCRIPTS_DIR}
-    LOGNAME install-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg
-)
-message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg done")
-
-#
-# Cleanup
-#
-
-# You have to define LIBXML_STATIC or not, depending on how you link
-file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlexports.h XMLEXPORTS_H)
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
-    string(REPLACE "!defined(LIBXML_STATIC)" "0" XMLEXPORTS_H "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
-else()
-    string(REPLACE "!defined(LIBXML_STATIC)" "1" XMLEXPORTS_H "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
-endif()
-file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/libxml2/libxml/xmlexports.h "${XMLEXPORTS_H}")
-
-# Remove tools and debug include directories
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/tools)
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
-
-# Move includes to the expected directory
-file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/libxml2/libxml ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/libxml)
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/libxml2)
-
-# The makefile builds both static and dynamic libraries, so remove the ones we don't want
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2_a.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2_a_dll.lib)
-    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2_a.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2_a_dll.lib)
-else()
-    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2_a_dll.lib)
-    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2_a_dll.lib)
-    file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
-    # Rename the libs to match the dynamic lib names
-    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2_a.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/libxml2.lib)
-    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2_a.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/libxml2.lib)
-endif()
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
 
 # Handle copyright
 file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libxml2)