diff --git a/ports/libcerf/001-fix-static-build.patch b/ports/libcerf/001-fix-static-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index ffaeaedfbf..0000000000
--- a/ports/libcerf/001-fix-static-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
-index f79581f..4fc9457 100644
---- a/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ if(MSVC)
-     # set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/$<CONFIG>)
-     if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-         set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
-+    else()
-+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MTd")
-     endif()
- else()
-     add_compile_options(-O2 -Wno-sign-compare -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/begin-end-decls.diff b/ports/libcerf/begin-end-decls.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..151d056b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libcerf/begin-end-decls.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/lib/cerf.h b/lib/cerf.h
+index 28576ab..c9bc6dd 100644
+--- a/lib/cerf.h
++++ b/lib/cerf.h
+@@ -55,25 +55,23 @@
+      typedef double _Complex _cerf_cmplx;
+ #  endif
+ 
+-#  undef __BEGIN_DECLS
+-#  undef __END_DECLS
+ #  ifdef CERF_AS_CPP
+ #    ifndef __cplusplus
+        impossible_case
+ #    endif
+-#    define __BEGIN_DECLS
+-#    define __END_DECLS
++#    define LIBCERF_BEGIN_DECLS
++#    define LIBCERF_END_DECLS
+ #  else
+ #    ifdef __cplusplus // this include file called from C++ while library is compiled as C
+-#      define __BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" {
+-#      define __END_DECLS }
++#      define LIBCERF_BEGIN_DECLS extern "C" {
++#      define LIBCERF_END_DECLS }
+ #    else
+-#      define __BEGIN_DECLS
+-#      define __END_DECLS
++#      define LIBCERF_BEGIN_DECLS
++#      define LIBCERF_END_DECLS
+ #    endif
+ #  endif
+ 
+-__BEGIN_DECLS
++LIBCERF_BEGIN_DECLS
+ 
+ #if _WIN32
+ #define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
+@@ -111,5 +109,5 @@ EXPORT double voigt(double x, double sigma, double gamma);
+ // compute the full width at half maximum of the Voigt function
+ EXPORT double voigt_hwhm(double sigma, double gamma);
+ 
+-__END_DECLS
++LIBCERF_END_DECLS
+ #endif /* __CERF_H__ */
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/cxx-flags.diff b/ports/libcerf/cxx-flags.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f571764d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libcerf/cxx-flags.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index e33ce56..f037190 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -45,16 +45,12 @@ if(MSVC)
+         message(FATAL_ERROR "Under MSVC, only CERF_CPP=ON is supported")
+     endif()
+     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MP") # parallel compilation
+-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+     set(MS_NOWARN "/wd4018 /wd4068 /wd4101 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4305 /wd4715 /wd4996")
+     set(MS_D "-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_SILENCE_TR1_NAMESPACE_DEPRECATION_WARNING")
+-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${MS_NOWARN} ${MS_D}")
++    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${MS_NOWARN} ${MS_D}")
+     set(CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE "${JOB_BUILD_CONFIGURATION}")
+     if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+         set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
+-    else()
+-        # required for post-build validation under vcpkg:
+-        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MTd") # multithreaded, debug
+     endif()
+     set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+     set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/fix-source.diff b/ports/libcerf/fix-source.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b6f82cb5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libcerf/fix-source.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/lib/width.c b/lib/width.c
+index 37c3afa..b4b6bda 100644
+--- a/lib/width.c
++++ b/lib/width.c
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ using std::isnan;
+  * Olivero & Longbothum [1977]
+  * Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 17:233
+  */
+-double hwhm0(double sigma, double gamma)
++static double hwhm0(double sigma, double gamma)
+ {
+     return .5*(1.06868*gamma+sqrt(0.86743*gamma*gamma+4*2*log(2)*sigma*sigma));
+ }
+diff --git a/test/widthtest.c b/test/widthtest.c
+index b395d34..a44b83f 100644
+--- a/test/widthtest.c
++++ b/test/widthtest.c
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ #include "testtool.h"
+ 
+ // excellent approximation [Olivero & Longbothum, 1977], used as starting value in voigt_hwhm
+-double hwhm0(double sigma, double gamma)
++static double hwhm0(double sigma, double gamma)
+ {
+     return .5*(1.06868*gamma+sqrt(0.86743*gamma*gamma+4*2*log(2)*sigma*sigma));
+ }
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/install-dirs.diff b/ports/libcerf/install-dirs.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81e4c766c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libcerf/install-dirs.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0a54d5d..e69a984 100644
+--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ target_include_directories(${lib} INTERFACE
+ install(
+     TARGETS ${lib}
+     EXPORT ${intf}
+-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
++    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+     COMPONENT Libraries)
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake b/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
index d3b5280fc7..671562e625 100644
--- a/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libcerf/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,37 +1,32 @@
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
-  set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
-else()
-  set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
-endif()
-
-vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
-    URLS "https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/libcerf/uploads/924b8d245ad3461107ec630734dfc781/libcerf-1.13.tgz"
-    FILENAME "libcerf-1.13.tgz"
-    SHA512 4df711d3e9fd00de99959c3253a9565d1dc2c41f75a5800ced9c52f89cbd13185fbdca3ad75de788fd16c044082738ab345b7fb6a8820ac588edafe1812944aa
+vcpkg_from_gitlab(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    GITLAB_URL https://jugit.fz-juelich.de
+    REPO mlz/libcerf
+    REF "v${VERSION}"
+    SHA512 0e78a18c498705d5efa26e504932192c4d49485cc3f971235c86c4dc6ca7498063f33e188a55f4c939e25d0d2a2f215b22ef11d3776d80a4a7486ea62fad1d73
+    PATCHES
+        cxx-flags.diff
+        fix-source.diff
+        begin-end-decls.diff
+        install-dirs.diff
 )
 
-vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
-    SOURCE_PATH
-    ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE}
-    PATCHES 001-fix-static-build.patch
-)
-
-if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
-    set(configure_opts WINDOWS_USE_MSBUILD)
-endif()
-
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
-    ${configure_opts}
     OPTIONS
         -DCERF_CPP=ON
         -DLIB_MAN=OFF
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}
+        -DLIB_RUN=OFF
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/cerf PACKAGE_NAME cerf)
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "dynamic")
+    vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/cerf.h" "dllexport" "dllimport")
+endif()
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/libcerf" RENAME copyright)
-
-vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/libcerf/vcpkg.json b/ports/libcerf/vcpkg.json
index eed2bb6ccd..de42e09c4b 100644
--- a/ports/libcerf/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libcerf/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 {
   "name": "libcerf",
-  "version": "1.13",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "version": "2.4",
   "description": "A self-contained numeric library that provides an efficient and accurate implementation of complex error functions, along with Dawson, Faddeeva, and Voigt functions.",
   "homepage": "https://jugit.fz-juelich.de/mlz/libcerf",
   "dependencies": [
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
index 92df31435c..1030e84eaa 100644
--- a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
@@ -527,7 +527,6 @@ libcaer:x64-android=fail
 libcanberra:arm-neon-android=fail
 libcanberra:arm64-android=fail
 libcanberra:x64-android=fail
-libcerf:x64-windows-static-md=fail
 # needs android-24
 libconfuse:arm-neon-android=fail
 libconfuse:arm64-android=fail
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index ea033dd074..d45a29a762 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4293,8 +4293,8 @@
       "port-version": 4
     },
     "libcerf": {
-      "baseline": "1.13",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "baseline": "2.4",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "libcgroup": {
       "baseline": "3.1.0",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libcerf.json b/versions/l-/libcerf.json
index 012d99e04e..04ade16710 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libcerf.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libcerf.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "f2f77d2b2c3bc81887b4a6a3f398acc42e4e59d0",
+      "version": "2.4",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "7d9138bfd878a5de79822e201b0e83649715121c",
       "version": "1.13",