diff --git a/ports/hunspell/0005-autotools-subdirs.patch b/ports/hunspell/0005-autotools-subdirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a4320d5bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/hunspell/0005-autotools-subdirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index c0aae53..769aef5 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+ 
+-SUBDIRS= po src man tests
++SUBDIRS= po src
+ 
+ pkgconfdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+ pkgconf_DATA = hunspell.pc
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 358cb1d..152adef 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ dnl internationalization macros
+ AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.18)
+ AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
+ 
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(tools,[])
++AM_CONDITIONAL(DISABLE_TOOLS, test x$enable_tools != xyes)
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH(warnings,[  --with-warnings         compile with warning messages],[
+ 	AC_DEFINE(HUNSPELL_WARNING_ON,1,"Define if you need warning messages")
+ ])
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index 45b7703..27700af 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -1 +1,5 @@
++if DISABLE_TOOLS
++SUBDIRS=hunspell
++else
+ SUBDIRS=hunspell parsers tools
++endif
diff --git a/ports/hunspell/portfile.cmake b/ports/hunspell/portfile.cmake
index 6c82edd18b0..61ab522afd3 100644
--- a/ports/hunspell/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/hunspell/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO hunspell/hunspell
-    REF v1.7.0
-    SHA512 8149b2e8b703a0610c9ca5160c2dfad3cf3b85b16b3f0f5cfcb7ebb802473b2d499e8e2d0a637a97a37a24d62424e82d3880809210d3f043fa17a4970d47c903
+    REF v1.7.1
+    SHA512 472249309aecbbc58a025445781268867173e0651a6147f29644975ad65af043a1e2fbe91f2094934526889c7f9944739dc0a5f0d25328a77d22db1fd8f055ec
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         0001_fix_unistd.patch
         0002-disable-test.patch
         0003-fix-win-build.patch
         0004-add-win-arm64.patch
+        0005-autotools-subdirs.patch
 )
 
-vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
-    FEATURES
-        tools BUILD_TOOLS
-)
+file(REMOVE "${SOURCE_PATH}/README") #README is a symlink
+configure_file("${SOURCE_PATH}/README.md" "${SOURCE_PATH}/README" COPYONLY)
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
-    file(REMOVE "${SOURCE_PATH}/README") #README is a symlink
-
     #architecture detection
     if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
         set(HUNSPELL_ARCH Win32)
@@ -30,10 +27,10 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "unsupported architecture")
     endif()
 
-    if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
+    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "dynamic")
         set(HUNSPELL_CONFIGURATION _dll)
     else()
-        set(HUNSPELL_CONFIGURATION )
+        set(HUNSPELL_CONFIGURATION "")
     endif()
 
     if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
@@ -51,49 +48,58 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_MINGW)
         DEBUG_CONFIGURATION Debug${HUNSPELL_CONFIGURATION}
         ALLOW_ROOT_INCLUDES
     )
+    vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+    set(HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/hunvisapi.h")
+
 else()
     if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
         set(ENV{CFLAGS} "$ENV{CFLAGS} -DHUNSPELL_STATIC")
         set(ENV{CXXFLAGS} "$ENV{CXXFLAGS} -DHUNSPELL_STATIC")
     endif()
-    if(NOT "tools" IN_LIST FEATURES) # Building the tools is not possible on windows!
-        file(READ "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/Makefile.am" _contents)
-        string(REPLACE " parsers tools" "" _contents "${_contents}")
-        file(WRITE "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/Makefile.am" "${_contents}")
+    vcpkg_list(SET options)
+    if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+        vcpkg_list(APPEND options "--enable-tools")
+    endif()
+    if("nls" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+        vcpkg_list(APPEND options "--enable-nls")
+    else()
+        set(ENV{AUTOPOINT} true) # true, the program
+        vcpkg_list(APPEND options "--disable-nls")
     endif()
-    vcpkg_add_to_path("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gettext/bin")
     vcpkg_configure_make(
-        SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
-        OPTIONS
+        SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
         AUTOCONFIG
         ADDITIONAL_MSYS_PACKAGES gzip
+        OPTIONS
+            ${options}
+        OPTIONS_DEBUG
+            --disable-tools
     )
-    #install-pkgconfDATA:
-    vcpkg_build_make(BUILD_TARGET dist LOGFILE_ROOT build-dist)
+    if("nls" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+        vcpkg_build_make(BUILD_TARGET dist LOGFILE_ROOT build-dist)
+    endif()
     vcpkg_install_make()
 
-    file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}/debug")
     vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}/bin")
     vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+    set(HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/hunspell/hunvisapi.h")
 endif()
-vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
 if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
-    if (VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-        set(HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/hunvisapi.h")
-    else()
-        set(HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/hunspell/hunvisapi.h")
-    endif()
-    vcpkg_replace_string(
-        ${HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR}
-        "#if defined(HUNSPELL_STATIC)"
-        "#if 1"
-    )
+    vcpkg_replace_string("${HUNSPELL_EXPORT_HDR}" "#if defined(HUNSPELL_STATIC)" "#if 1")
 endif()
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.LESSER" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright-lgpl)
-file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.MPL" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright-mpl)
+vcpkg_install_copyright(
+    COMMENT "Hunspell is licensed under LGPL/GPL/MPL tri-license."
+    FILE_LIST
+        "${SOURCE_PATH}/license.hunspell"
+        "${SOURCE_PATH}/license.myspell"
+        "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.MPL"
+        "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING"
+        "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.LESSER"
+)
diff --git a/ports/hunspell/vcpkg.json b/ports/hunspell/vcpkg.json
index ae1c6d39359..f5e602197a3 100644
--- a/ports/hunspell/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/hunspell/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 {
   "name": "hunspell",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
-  "port-version": 8,
+  "version": "1.7.1",
   "description": "The most popular spellchecking library.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/hunspell/hunspell",
+  "license": "MPL-1.1 OR LGPL-2.1-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later",
   "supports": "!uwp",
   "dependencies": [
     "libiconv"
   ],
   "features": {
-    "tools": {
-      "description": "Build hunspell tools",
+    "nls": {
+      "description": "Enable native language support",
+      "supports": "!windows | mingw",
       "dependencies": [
+        "gettext",
         {
           "name": "gettext",
           "host": true,
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@
           ]
         }
       ]
+    },
+    "tools": {
+      "description": "Build hunspell tools"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 97f5c2854f5..d59efeb374e 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2877,8 +2877,8 @@
       "port-version": 1
     },
     "hunspell": {
-      "baseline": "1.7.0",
-      "port-version": 8
+      "baseline": "1.7.1",
+      "port-version": 0
     },
     "hwloc": {
       "baseline": "2.7.1",
diff --git a/versions/h-/hunspell.json b/versions/h-/hunspell.json
index 7477d316120..b526cc9562c 100644
--- a/versions/h-/hunspell.json
+++ b/versions/h-/hunspell.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "3adb7d5162395e281e90173a290f16303c977f3b",
+      "version": "1.7.1",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "9beac8cd192fb54839925b083fa72e611d7bcfee",
       "version": "1.7.0",