diff --git a/ports/simdjson/CONTROL b/ports/simdjson/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e7dcae800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/simdjson/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Source: simdjson
+Version: 2019-03-03
+Description: A extremely fast JSON library that can parse gigabytes of JSON per second
diff --git a/ports/simdjson/fix-cmake.patch b/ports/simdjson/fix-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebd8291b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/simdjson/fix-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+index cb12222..ed728d8 100644
+--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
+-target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}
+-  PUBLIC
+-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/benchmark
+-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/benchmark/linux
++target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} INTERFACE
++  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/benchmark>
++  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/benchmark/linux>
+ )
+ 
+ add_cpp_benchmark(parse)
+diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+index dd96ee8..20feac3 100644
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES "Intel") # icc / icpc
+   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -static-intel")
+ endif()
+ 
++include(GNUInstallDirs)
+ 
+ # we default on a shared library.
+ if(SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC)
+@@ -26,11 +27,24 @@ set(SIMDJSON_SRC
+     )
+          
+ add_library(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} ${SIMDJSON_LIB_TYPE} ${SIMDJSON_SRC})
+-target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}
+-  PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
++
++target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} PUBLIC
++  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
++  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>
++)
++
++install(TARGETS ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}
++  EXPORT ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}-config
++  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
++  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
++  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+ )
+ 
+-install(TARGETS ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} DESTINATION lib)
++install(EXPORT ${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}-config
++  FILE unofficial-${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}-config.cmake
++  NAMESPACE unofficial::${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}::
++  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/unofficial-${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}
++)
+ 
+ if(NOT MSVC)
+ ## We output the library at the root of the current directory where cmake is invoked
+diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+index 86a89f9..c3dfa12 100644
+--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ if(MSVC)
+-target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME}
+-  PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/windows
+-)
++  target_include_directories(${SIMDJSON_LIB_NAME} INTERFACE
++    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/windows>
++  )
+ endif()
+ 
+ add_cpp_test(jsoncheck)
diff --git a/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edf2b24f03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/simdjson/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+if(TARGET_TRIPLET MATCHES "^x86")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "simdjson doesn't support x86 architecture.")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO lemire/simdjson
+    REF 352dd5e7faf3000004c6ad5852c119ce3e679939
+    SHA512 29c578952d7aa117fe5808ceb2cb686895185d5f53bee3fff6636ac6fe6e50e1cc802499710eda4f233e3c5ff57ebf187ff6658fd5048a59cee8cfd8fca64c1d
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+        fix-cmake.patch
+)
+
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS
+        -DSIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC=${SIMDJSON_BUILD_STATIC}
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(
+    CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/unofficial-${PORT}
+    TARGET_PATH share/unofficial-${PORT}
+)
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include
+)
+
+# Handle copyright
+configure_file(${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/copyright COPYONLY)
+
+# CMake integration test
+#vcpkg_test_cmake(PACKAGE_NAME ${PORT})