diff --git a/ports/x265/CONTROL b/ports/x265/CONTROL
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/x265/CONTROL
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+Source: x265
+Version: 2.7
+Description: x265 is a H.265 / HEVC video encoder application library, designed to encode video or images into an H.265 / HEVC encoded bitstream.
diff --git a/ports/x265/portfile.cmake b/ports/x265/portfile.cmake
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+++ b/ports/x265/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_bitbucket(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO multicoreware/x265
+    REF 2.7
+    SHA512 fd2f43830bbe4fa0ac98ac6d8e3689d0a8a5142da9d67c0dd16fbbde40500c52a370c5c5a30e93195c2e998660a51abab76b09baed87378c9e366cf2f694f2b9
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/source
+    PREFER_NINJA
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+# remove duplicated include files
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/x265)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/x265.exe ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/x265/x265.exe)
+file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/x265.exe)
+vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/x265)
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x265)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x265/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/x265/copyright)
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