diff --git a/ports/xmsh/CONTROL b/ports/xmsh/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f53c582ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/xmsh/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Source: xmsh
+Version: 0.4.1
+Description: Reference Implementation of XMSH Library
+Build-Depends: tl-expected
diff --git a/ports/xmsh/portfile.cmake b/ports/xmsh/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51897e6bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/xmsh/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+  REPO nagzira/xmsh
+  REF v0.4.1
+  SHA512 7bd9fe9e565b33722fec37a7e3d9bd8b7b132692add5d26e31954367fb284b49a26a21532ddcb0e425af7f8208e755f21f2d8de81b33ed2a1149724f4ccd2c38
+  HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+  SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+  PREFER_NINJA
+  OPTIONS
+    -DPYTHON3_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON3}
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+  file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index 1ff2ab0719..ebe46b3356 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -77,12 +77,18 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
     set(NOEXTRACT ON)
     set(HASH c1945669d983b632a10c5ff31e86d6ecbff143c3d8b2c433c0d3d18f84356d2b351f71ac05fd44e5403651b00c31db0d14615d7f9a6ecce5750438d37105c55b)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "PYTHON3")
-    set(PROGNAME python)
-    set(SUBDIR "python3")
-    set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
-    set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.4/python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
-    set(ARCHIVE "python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
-    set(HASH b5240fdc95088c2d7f65d2dd598650f8dd106b49589d94156bd4a078b108c6cabbe7a38ef73e2b2cf00e8312a93d2e587eac2c54ce85540d3c7a26cc60013156)
+    if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
+      set(PROGNAME python)
+      set(SUBDIR "python3")
+      set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
+      set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.4/python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
+      set(ARCHIVE "python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
+      set(HASH b5240fdc95088c2d7f65d2dd598650f8dd106b49589d94156bd4a078b108c6cabbe7a38ef73e2b2cf00e8312a93d2e587eac2c54ce85540d3c7a26cc60013156)
+    else()
+      set(PROGNAME python3)
+      set(BREW_PACKAGE_NAME "python")
+      set(APT_PACKAGE_NAME "python3")
+    endif()
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "PYTHON2")
     set(PROGNAME python)
     set(SUBDIR "python2")