diff --git a/ports/gtest/portfile.cmake b/ports/gtest/portfile.cmake
index 776c67f977..2c36341efe 100644
--- a/ports/gtest/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gtest/portfile.cmake
@@ -58,6 +58,32 @@ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gmock)
 file(COPY ${GMOCK_CMAKE_FILES} DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gmock)
 file(REMOVE ${GMOCK_CMAKE_FILES})
 
+if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/gtest_maind.lib)
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/manual-link)
+    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/gtest_maind.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/manual-link/gtest_maind.lib)
+    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/gmock_maind.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/manual-link/gmock_maind.lib)
+
+    file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gtest/GTestTargets-debug.cmake DEBUG_CONFIG)
+    string(REPLACE "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/debug/lib/gtest_maind.lib"
+                   "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/debug/lib/manual-link/gtest_maind.lib" DEBUG_CONFIG "${DEBUG_CONFIG}")
+    string(REPLACE "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/debug/lib/gmock_maind.lib"
+                   "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/debug/lib/manual-link/gmock_maind.lib" DEBUG_CONFIG "${DEBUG_CONFIG}")
+    file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gtest/GTestTargets-debug.cmake "${DEBUG_CONFIG}")
+endif()
+
+if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/gtest_main.lib)
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/manual-link)
+    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/gtest_main.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/manual-link/gtest_main.lib)
+    file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/gmock_main.lib ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/manual-link/gmock_main.lib)
+
+    file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gtest/GTestTargets-release.cmake RELEASE_CONFIG)
+    string(REPLACE "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib/gtest_main.lib"
+                   "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib/manual-link/gtest_main.lib" RELEASE_CONFIG "${RELEASE_CONFIG}")
+    string(REPLACE "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib/gmock_main.lib"
+                   "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/lib/manual-link/gmock_main.lib" RELEASE_CONFIG "${RELEASE_CONFIG}")
+    file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/gtest/GTestTargets-release.cmake "${RELEASE_CONFIG}")
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})