diff --git a/ports/shapelib/CONTROL b/ports/shapelib/CONTROL
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+Source: shapelib
+Version: 1.4.1
+Description: Shapefile C Library is simple C API for reading and writing ESRI Shapefiles
diff --git a/ports/shapelib/portfile.cmake b/ports/shapelib/portfile.cmake
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+++ b/ports/shapelib/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+set(SHAPELIB_VERSION 1.4.1)
+set(SHAPELIB_HASH e3e02dde8006773fed25d630896e79fd79d2008a029cc86b157fe0d92c143a9fab930fdb93d9700d4e1397c3b23ae4b86e91db1dbaca1c5388d4e3aea0309341)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/shapelib-${SHAPELIB_VERSION})
+
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "http://download.osgeo.org/shapelib/shapelib-${SHAPELIB_VERSION}.zip"
+    FILENAME "shapelib-${SHAPELIB_VERSION}.zip"
+    SHA512 ${SHAPELIB_HASH}
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS -DBUILD_TEST=OFF)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)
+
+file(GLOB EXES "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/*.exe")
+file(COPY ${EXES} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/shapelib)
+file(REMOVE ${EXES})
+
+file(GLOB DEBUG_EXES "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/*.exe")
+file(REMOVE ${DEBUG_EXES})
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+	file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
+	file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
+endif()
+
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/shapelib)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/shapelib/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/shapelib/copyright)
+
+vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/shapelib)
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()