diff --git a/ports/botan/embed-debug-info.patch b/ports/botan/embed-debug-info.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09a17202e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/botan/embed-debug-info.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git a/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt b/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
+index 2306a4485..977e2e958 100644
+--- a/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
++++ b/src/build-data/cc/msvc.txt
+@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ optimization_flags "/O2 /Oi"
+ size_optimization_flags "/O1 /Os"
+ 
+ # for debug info in the object file:
+-#debug_info_flags "/Z7"
++debug_info_flags "/Z7"
+ 
+ # for using a PDB file:
+-debug_info_flags "/Zi /FS"
++#debug_info_flags "/Zi /FS"
+ 
+ preproc_flags "/nologo /EP"
+ 
diff --git a/ports/botan/portfile.cmake b/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
index 3adb37cc30..c8613741ff 100644
--- a/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/botan/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         fix-generate-build-path.patch
+        embed-debug-info.patch
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
@@ -80,11 +81,16 @@ function(BOTAN_BUILD BOTAN_BUILD_TYPE)
                             "--distribution-info=vcpkg ${TARGET_TRIPLET}"
                             --prefix=${BOTAN_FLAG_PREFIX}
                             --with-pkg-config
-                            --link-method=copy)
+                            --link-method=copy
+                            --with-debug-info)
     if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
         list(APPEND configure_arguments ${BOTAN_MSVC_RUNTIME}${BOTAN_MSVC_RUNTIME_SUFFIX})
     endif()
 
+    if(VCPKG_CXX_FLAGS)
+      list(APPEND configure_arguments --extra-cxxflags ${VCPKG_CXX_FLAGS})
+    endif()
+
     if("-DBOTAN_AMALGAMATION=ON" IN_LIST FEATURE_OPTIONS)
         list(APPEND configure_arguments --amalgamation)
     endif()
diff --git a/ports/botan/vcpkg.json b/ports/botan/vcpkg.json
index abed4f53d4..1f68d73b8c 100644
--- a/ports/botan/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/botan/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "botan",
   "version": "2.18.1",
-  "port-version": 7,
+  "port-version": 8,
   "description": "A cryptography library written in C++11",
   "homepage": "https://botan.randombit.net",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/b-/botan.json b/versions/b-/botan.json
index e8f11e406f..2e501dd3b9 100644
--- a/versions/b-/botan.json
+++ b/versions/b-/botan.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "267c31f3759881d233529d28ec78e2a0c8d1e9b4",
+      "version": "2.18.1",
+      "port-version": 8
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "dfbd885e94b11d3b8074d96c92e810a0f1a7be7a",
       "version": "2.18.1",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 4d946a1033..c1e1d8c2c9 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
     },
     "botan": {
       "baseline": "2.18.1",
-      "port-version": 7
+      "port-version": 8
     },
     "box2d": {
       "baseline": "2.4.1",