diff --git a/ports/directxtex/CONTROL b/ports/directxtex/CONTROL
index b41101dd793..eb5865def9d 100644
--- a/ports/directxtex/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/directxtex/CONTROL
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 Source: directxtex
 Version: sept2020
-Port-Version: 1
+Port-Version: 2
 Homepage: https://walbourn.github.io/directxtex
 Description: DirectXTex texture processing library
+Build-Depends: directxtex[core,dx12](arm64|uwp)
 
 Feature: dx12
 Description: Build with DirectX12 support for Windows 10
diff --git a/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake b/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake
index 4cf2668be9a..a3791d6d02c 100644
--- a/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake
@@ -30,15 +30,11 @@ endif()
 
 vcpkg_check_features(
     OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
-    FEATURES openexr ENABLE_OPENEXR_SUPPORT
+    FEATURES
+        dx12 BUILD_DX12
+        openexr ENABLE_OPENEXR_SUPPORT
 )
 
-if("dx12" IN_LIST FEATURES OR VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP OR TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64")
-    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -DBUILD_DX12=ON)
-else()
-    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -DBUILD_DX12=OFF)
-endif()
-
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         -DBUILD_DX11=ON
 )
 
-if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP AND NOT TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64")
+if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP AND NOT VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64")
     vcpkg_build_cmake()
 else()
     vcpkg_build_cmake(TARGET DirectXTex)
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE DEBUG_LIB ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/bin/
 file(GLOB_RECURSE RELEASE_LIB ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/bin/CMake/*.lib)
 file(INSTALL ${DEBUG_LIB} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib)
 file(INSTALL ${RELEASE_LIB} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
-if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP AND NOT TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64")
+if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP AND NOT VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm64")
   vcpkg_copy_tools(
         TOOL_NAMES texassemble texconv texdiag
         SEARCH_DIR ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/bin/CMake