diff --git a/ports/gdal/0001-Fix-debug-crt-flags.patch b/ports/gdal/0001-Fix-debug-crt-flags.patch
index aab3d40ca9c..266fc435532 100644
--- a/ports/gdal/0001-Fix-debug-crt-flags.patch
+++ b/ports/gdal/0001-Fix-debug-crt-flags.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-diff -Nuar a/nmake.opt b/nmake.opt
---- a/nmake.opt	2018-05-04 09:05:46.000000000 +0200
-+++ b/nmake.opt	2018-05-11 22:58:39.387603800 +0200
-@@ -124,11 +124,21 @@
- CXX_PDB_FLAGS=
- !ENDIF
+--- a/nmake.opt	Fri Dec 14 22:34:20 2018
++++ b/nmake.opt	Wed Mar 27 11:00:00 2019
+@@ -133,7 +133,17 @@
  
 +# Flags to choose CRT variant to link against (e.g. static: /MT, /MTd, dynamic: /MD, /MDd)
 +# Ensure MRSID_CONFIG in mrsid/nmake.opt is set appropriately as well
@@ -16,12 +13,10 @@ diff -Nuar a/nmake.opt b/nmake.opt
 +!ENDIF
 +
  !IFNDEF OPTFLAGS
- !IFNDEF DEBUG
+ !IF "$(DEBUG)" == "0"
 -OPTFLAGS= $(CXX_ANALYZE_FLAGS) $(CXX_PDB_FLAGS) /nologo /MP /MD /EHsc /Ox /FC /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /DNDEBUG
 +OPTFLAGS= $(CXX_ANALYZE_FLAGS) $(CXX_PDB_FLAGS) /nologo /MP $(CXX_CRT_FLAGS) /EHsc /Ox /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /DNDEBUG
  !ELSE
 -OPTFLAGS= $(CXX_ANALYZE_FLAGS) $(CXX_PDB_FLAGS) /nologo /MP /MDd /EHsc /FC /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /DDEBUG
 +OPTFLAGS= $(CXX_ANALYZE_FLAGS) $(CXX_PDB_FLAGS) /nologo /MP $(CXX_CRT_FLAGS) /EHsc /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE /D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE /DDEBUG
  !ENDIF
- !ENDIF  # OPTFLAGS
- 
diff --git a/ports/gdal/0002-Fix-static-build.patch b/ports/gdal/0002-Fix-static-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d440ceff8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/gdal/0002-Fix-static-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+--- a/makefile.vc	Fri Dec 14 22:34:20 2018
++++ b/makefile.vc	Wed Mar 27 11:00:00 2019
+@@ -60,3 +60,3 @@
+ 
+-default:	$(TARGET_LIB) $(PLUGIN_TARGET) apps_dir
++default:	$(TARGET_LIB) $(PLUGIN_TARGET)
+ 
+@@ -227,4 +227,2 @@
+ 	$(MAKE) /f makefile.vc plugins-install
+-	cd ..\apps
+-	$(MAKE) /f makefile.vc install
+ 	cd ..
+@@ -232,8 +230,2 @@
+ 	$(INSTALL) LICENSE.TXT $(DATADIR)
+-!IFDEF HTMLDIR
+-	-mkdir $(HTMLDIR)
+-	cd frmts
+-	$(MAKE) /f makefile.vc html-install
+-	cd ..
+-!ENDIF
+ !IFDEF INCLUDE_OGR_FRMTS
+@@ -241,5 +233,2 @@
+ 	$(MAKE) /f makefile.vc plugins-install
+-!IFDEF HTMLDIR
+-	$(MAKE) /f makefile.vc html-install
+-!ENDIF
+ 	cd ..\..
diff --git a/ports/gdal/portfile.cmake b/ports/gdal/portfile.cmake
index 95029884adc..daa9c0a04f2 100644
--- a/ports/gdal/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gdal/portfile.cmake
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ if (TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH MATCHES "arm")
 endif()
 
 if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "GDAL's nmake buildsystem does not support building static libraries")
-elseif(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "GDAL's nmake buildsystem does not support static crt linkage")
+    list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS "DLLBUILD=0")
 endif()
 
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
@@ -43,6 +41,7 @@ foreach(BUILD_TYPE IN LISTS BUILD_TYPES)
         SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-${BUILD_TYPE}/gdal-${GDAL_VERSION_STR}
         PATCHES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-Fix-debug-crt-flags.patch
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0002-Fix-static-build.patch
     )
 endforeach()
 
@@ -64,8 +63,8 @@ file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib/libpng16d.lib" PNG_LIBRA
 
 # Setup geos libraries + include path
 file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include" GEOS_INCLUDE_DIR)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/geos_c.lib" GEOS_LIBRARY_REL)
-file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib/geos_cd.lib" GEOS_LIBRARY_DBG)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/libgeos.lib" GEOS_LIBRARY_REL)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib/libgeosd.lib" GEOS_LIBRARY_DBG)
 
 # Setup expat libraries + include path
 file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include" EXPAT_INCLUDE_DIR)
@@ -155,6 +154,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
     list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS PROJ_FLAGS=-DPROJ_STATIC)
+    list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS CURL_CFLAGS=-DCURL_STATICLIB)
 else()
     # Enables PDBs for release and debug builds
     list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS WITH_PDB=1)
@@ -175,11 +175,14 @@ list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS_REL
     EXPAT_LIB=${EXPAT_LIBRARY_REL}
     "CURL_LIB=${CURL_LIBRARY_REL} wsock32.lib wldap32.lib winmm.lib"
     SQLITE_LIB=${SQLITE_LIBRARY_REL}
-    PG_LIB=${PGSQL_LIBRARY_REL}
     OPENJPEG_LIB=${OPENJPEG_LIBRARY_REL}
     WEBP_LIBS=${WEBP_LIBRARY_REL}
     LIBXML2_LIB=${XML2_LIBRARY_REL}
 )
+if(NOT VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+    # Static Build does not like PG_LIB
+    list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS_REL PG_LIB=${PGSQL_LIBRARY_REL})
+endif()
 
 list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS_DBG
     ${NMAKE_OPTIONS}
@@ -190,12 +193,15 @@ list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS_DBG
     EXPAT_LIB=${EXPAT_LIBRARY_DBG}
     "CURL_LIB=${CURL_LIBRARY_DBG} wsock32.lib wldap32.lib winmm.lib"
     SQLITE_LIB=${SQLITE_LIBRARY_DBG}
-    PG_LIB=${PGSQL_LIBRARY_DBG}
     OPENJPEG_LIB=${OPENJPEG_LIBRARY_DBG}
     WEBP_LIBS=${WEBP_LIBRARY_DBG}
     LIBXML2_LIB=${XML2_LIBRARY_DBG}
     DEBUG=1
 )
+if(NOT VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+    # Static Build does not like PG_LIB
+    list(APPEND NMAKE_OPTIONS_REL PG_LIB=${PGSQL_LIBRARY_DBG})
+endif()
 
 if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
   ################
@@ -226,7 +232,10 @@ if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "debug")
 endif()
 
 message(STATUS "Packaging ${TARGET_TRIPLET}")
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gdal/html)
+
+if(NOT VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gdal/html)
+endif()
 
 vcpkg_execute_required_process(
   COMMAND ${NMAKE} -f makefile.vc
@@ -249,6 +258,7 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
     file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH_DEBUG}/gdal.lib   DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib)
     file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/gdal.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/gdald.lib)
   endif()
+
 else()
 
   set(GDAL_TOOL_PATH ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/gdal)