diff --git a/ports/zeromq/CONTROL b/ports/zeromq/CONTROL
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+Source: zeromq
+Version: 4.2.x.1a02b1b3f2
+Description: The ZeroMQ lightweight messaging kernel is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products
diff --git a/ports/zeromq/portfile.cmake b/ports/zeromq/portfile.cmake
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+include(${CMAKE_TRIPLET_FILE})
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/libzmq-1a02b1b3f2fde6288579cbb0ff9a0b1f195e1812)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq/archive/1a02b1b3f2fde6288579cbb0ff9a0b1f195e1812.zip"
+    FILENAME "zeromq-1a02b1b3f2fde6288579cbb0ff9a0b1f195e1812.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 64a5cfb23dd2daa99c9c5a5e2b0693458658e34102b07169a43c63c159af88181ec36caaaa2c780303c4ceba3c4b901e409baebaf12106bdf6a14c5832dfa219
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+vcpkg_build_msbuild(
+    PROJECT_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/builds/msvc/vs2015/libzmq/libzmq.vcxproj
+    RELEASE_CONFIGURATION ReleaseDLL
+    DEBUG_CONFIGURATION DebugDLL
+)
+
+file(INSTALL
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Debug/v140/dynamic/libzmq.dll
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Debug/v140/dynamic/libzmq.pdb
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin
+)
+file(INSTALL
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Release/v140/dynamic/libzmq.dll
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Release/v140/dynamic/libzmq.pdb
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin
+)
+file(INSTALL
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Debug/v140/dynamic/libzmq.lib
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib
+)
+file(INSTALL
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/bin/Win32/Release/v140/dynamic/libzmq.lib
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib
+)
+file(INSTALL
+    ${SOURCE_PATH}/include/
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include
+)
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/zeromq)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/zeromq/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/zeromq/copyright)
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()