diff --git a/ports/unrar/CONTROL b/ports/unrar/CONTROL
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+Source: unrar
+Version: 5.5.8
+Description: rarlab's unrar libary
diff --git a/ports/unrar/portfile.cmake b/ports/unrar/portfile.cmake
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+++ b/ports/unrar/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(UNRAR_VERSION "5.5.8")
+set(UNRAR_SHA512 9eac83707fa47a03925e5f3e8adf47889064d748304b732d12a2d379ab525b441f1aa33216377d4ef445f45c4e8ad73d2cd0b560601ceac344c60571b77fd6aa)
+set(UNRAR_FILENAME unrarsrc-${UNRAR_VERSION}.tar.gz)
+set(UNRAR_URL http://www.rarlab.com/rar/${UNRAR_FILENAME})
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/unrar)
+
+if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "A static build is included with the dynamic build.  Try VCPKG INSTALL UNRAR:X86-WINDOWS UNRAR:X64-WINDOWS")
+endif()
+
+#SRC
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS ${UNRAR_URL}
+    FILENAME ${UNRAR_FILENAME}
+    SHA512 ${UNRAR_SHA512}
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+vcpkg_build_msbuild(
+    PROJECT_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/UnRARDll.vcxproj"
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG /p:OutDir=../../${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE /p:OutDir=../../${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/
+    OPTIONS /VERBOSITY:Diagnostic /DETAILEDSUMMARY
+)
+
+#INCLUDE (named dll.hpp in source, and unrar.h in all rarlabs distributions)
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/dll.hpp DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include RENAME unrar.h)
+
+#DLL & LIB
+file(INSTALL ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/unrar.dll  DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
+file(INSTALL ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/unrar.lib  DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
+file(INSTALL ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/unrar.dll  DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
+file(INSTALL ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/unrar.lib  DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib)
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+#COPYRIGHT
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/unrar RENAME copyright)