diff --git a/ports/bzip2/CONTROL b/ports/bzip2/CONTROL
deleted file mode 100644
index b79a4950b9..0000000000
--- a/ports/bzip2/CONTROL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Source: bzip2
-Version: 1.0.8
-Homepage: http://www.bzip.org/
-Description: High-quality data compressor.
diff --git a/ports/bzip2/portfile.cmake b/ports/bzip2/portfile.cmake
index 97b5c3258c..19314eb0ee 100644
--- a/ports/bzip2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/bzip2/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 vcpkg_from_git(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     URL https://sourceware.org/git/bzip2.git
-    REF 75a94bea3918e612b879d6a11ca64b8689526147
+    REF 75a94bea3918e612b879d6a11ca64b8689526147 # REFERENCE BZIP2 VERSION 1.0.8
+    SHA512 4611105f9090477b5f6f6dbd303a282099df71644e04d8a998ef81de487f6c8cac4c0ec1283ad737f6767c51f1e3b4e24e2ee021c6dd085925617d9ed145b2ba
     PATCHES
         fix-import-export-macros.patch
 )
diff --git a/ports/bzip2/vcpkg.json b/ports/bzip2/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c7520de83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/bzip2/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "bzip2",
+  "version-string": "1.0.8",
+  "port-version": 1,
+  "description": "bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.",
+  "homepage": "https://sourceware.org/bzip2/",
+  "documentation": "https://sourceware.org/bzip2/docs.html"
+}