diff --git a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_configure_cmake.md b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_configure_cmake.md
index d020dbb69a4..00324dc1cd2 100644
--- a/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_configure_cmake.md
+++ b/docs/maintainers/vcpkg_configure_cmake.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ This should be specified unless the port is known to not work under Ninja.
 Disables running the CMake configure step in parallel.
 This is needed for libraries which write back into their source directory during configure.
 
+This also disables CMAKE_DISABLE_SOURCE_CHANGES.
+
 ### NO_CHARSET_FLAG
 Disables passing `utf-8` as the default character set to `CMAKE_C_FLAGS` and `CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS`.
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
index ce534b7aa9b..373977dd5c7 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_configure_cmake.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 ## Disables running the CMake configure step in parallel.
 ## This is needed for libraries which write back into their source directory during configure.
 ##
+## This also disables CMAKE_DISABLE_SOURCE_CHANGES.
+##
 ## ### NO_CHARSET_FLAG
 ## Disables passing `utf-8` as the default character set to `CMAKE_C_FLAGS` and `CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS`.
 ##
@@ -266,6 +268,7 @@ function(vcpkg_configure_cmake)
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug)
 
     if(NINJA_HOST AND CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND NOT _csc_DISABLE_PARALLEL_CONFIGURE)
+        list(APPEND _csc_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_DISABLE_SOURCE_CHANGES=ON")
 
         vcpkg_find_acquire_program(NINJA)
         get_filename_component(NINJA_PATH ${NINJA} DIRECTORY)