diff --git a/ports/protobuf/001-add-compiler-flag.patch b/ports/protobuf/001-add-compiler-flag.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..766b1b5d84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/protobuf/001-add-compiler-flag.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+index 7618ba21..bd92b09d 100644
+--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -165,8 +165,11 @@ endif (protobuf_UNICODE)
+ 
+ include(libprotobuf-lite.cmake)
+ include(libprotobuf.cmake)
+-include(libprotoc.cmake)
+-include(protoc.cmake)
++
++if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
++  include(libprotoc.cmake)
++  include(protoc.cmake)
++endif()
+ 
+ if (protobuf_BUILD_TESTS)
+   include(tests.cmake)
+diff --git a/cmake/install.cmake b/cmake/install.cmake
+index 28dc90dc..44e4939c 100644
+--- a/cmake/install.cmake
++++ b/cmake/install.cmake
+@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
+ include(GNUInstallDirs)
+ 
+-foreach(_library
+-  libprotobuf-lite
+-  libprotobuf
+-  libprotoc)
+-  set_property(TARGET ${_library}
+-    PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${protobuf_source_dir}/src>
+-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
+-  install(TARGETS ${_library} EXPORT protobuf-targets
+-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
+-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
+-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library})
+-endforeach()
++if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
++  foreach(_library
++    libprotobuf-lite
++    libprotobuf
++    libprotoc)
++    set_property(TARGET ${_library}
++      PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
++      $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${protobuf_source_dir}/src>
++      $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
++    install(TARGETS ${_library} EXPORT protobuf-targets
++      RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
++      LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
++      ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library})
++  endforeach()
++else()
++  foreach(_library
++    libprotobuf-lite
++    libprotobuf)
++    set_property(TARGET ${_library}
++      PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
++      $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${protobuf_source_dir}/src>
++      $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
++    install(TARGETS ${_library} EXPORT protobuf-targets
++      RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
++      LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library}
++      ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} COMPONENT ${_library})
++  endforeach()
++endif()
+ 
+-install(TARGETS protoc EXPORT protobuf-targets
+-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc)
++if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
++  install(TARGETS protoc EXPORT protobuf-targets
++    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT protoc)
++endif()
+ 
+ file(STRINGS extract_includes.bat.in _extract_strings
+   REGEX "^copy")
+@@ -94,10 +111,18 @@ configure_file(protobuf-options.cmake
+   ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-options.cmake @ONLY)
+ 
+ # Allows the build directory to be used as a find directory.
+-export(TARGETS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf libprotoc protoc
+-  NAMESPACE protobuf::
+-  FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-targets.cmake
+-)
++if(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER)
++  export(TARGETS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf libprotoc protoc
++    NAMESPACE protobuf::
++    FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-targets.cmake
++  )
++else()
++  export(TARGETS libprotobuf-lite libprotobuf
++    NAMESPACE protobuf::
++    FILE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}/protobuf-targets.cmake
++  )
++endif()
++
+ 
+ install(EXPORT protobuf-targets
+   DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR}"
diff --git a/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake b/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
index 852086ff52..4347adeff0 100644
--- a/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/protobuf/portfile.cmake
@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@ vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE_FILE})
 
 # Patch to fix the missing export of fixed_address_empty_string,
 # see https://github.com/google/protobuf/pull/3216
+# Add a flag that can be set to disable the protobuf compiler
 vcpkg_apply_patches(
     SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/protobuf-${PROTOBUF_VERSION}
     PATCHES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-fix-missing-export.patch"
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/001-add-compiler-flag.patch"
 )
 
 
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${TOOL_ARCHIVE_FILE} ${TOOL_PATH})
 
+# Disable the protobuf compiler when targeting UWP
+if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL WindowsStore)
+  set(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER OFF)
+else()
+  set(protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER ON)
+endif()
+
 if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
     set(protobuf_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
 else()
@@ -47,6 +56,7 @@ vcpkg_configure_cmake(
         -Dprotobuf_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME=${protobuf_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME}
         -Dprotobuf_WITH_ZLIB=ON
         -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+        -Dprotobuf_BUILD_COMPILER=${protobuf_BUILD_COMPILER}
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_CMAKEDIR=share/protobuf
 )