diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
index 510f40d2e1..bf84f95bf8 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ if("cairo" IN_LIST FEATURES)
 else()
     list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dcairo=disabled)
 endif()
-list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dfreetype=enabled) #Enable freetype interop helpers
+if("freetype" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dfreetype=enabled) #Enable freetype interop helpers
+else()
+    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dfreetype=disabled)
+endif()
 #if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     #link errors in qt5-base. probably requires changes to the pc files generated by meson
     #list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dgdi=enabled) # enable gdi helpers and uniscribe shaper backend (windows only)
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
index 89367789e1..a92051f2cd 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "harfbuzz",
   "version": "8.3.0",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "HarfBuzz OpenType text shaping engine",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz",
   "license": "MIT-Modern-Variant",
   "supports": "!uwp",
   "dependencies": [
-    {
-      "name": "freetype",
-      "default-features": false
-    },
     {
       "name": "gettext",
       "platform": "osx"
@@ -20,6 +16,9 @@
       "host": true
     }
   ],
+  "default-features": [
+    "freetype"
+  ],
   "features": {
     "cairo": {
       "description": "Enable Cairo graphics library support",
@@ -37,6 +36,15 @@
       "description": "Enable CoreText shaper backend on macOS",
       "supports": "osx"
     },
+    "freetype": {
+      "description": "Enable FreeType support",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "freetype",
+          "default-features": false
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     "glib": {
       "description": "Glib Unicode callbacks support",
       "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index f87a1fb1a1..626468f3fb 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3274,7 +3274,7 @@
     },
     "harfbuzz": {
       "baseline": "8.3.0",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "hash-library": {
       "baseline": "8",
diff --git a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
index b6d5550fef..9fa3889802 100644
--- a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
+++ b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "ff776c837e28a47a91cad45946d7ab6b51dc3c67",
+      "version": "8.3.0",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "6e2d07391d009a33797b19b707bf5bc60cdb17e5",
       "version": "8.3.0",