diff --git a/ports/pystring/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/pystring/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fccf78d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/pystring/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
+project(libpystring C CXX)
+
+if(MSVC)
+  add_compile_options(/W3 /wd4005 /wd4996 /wd4018 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+endif()
+
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
+endif()
+
+add_library(libpystring pystring.cpp)
+
+install(
+  TARGETS libpystring
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+)
+
+if(NOT DISABLE_INSTALL_HEADERS)
+  install(FILES pystring.h DESTINATION include)
+endif()
diff --git a/ports/pystring/CONTROL b/ports/pystring/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23980ef12a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/pystring/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Source: pystring
+Version:  1.1.3
+Description: Pystring is a collection of C++ functions which match the interface and behavior of python's string class methods using std::string
diff --git a/ports/pystring/portfile.cmake b/ports/pystring/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6e9700f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/pystring/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+  REPO imageworks/pystring
+  REF v1.1.3
+  SHA512 a46bb2e96d6eb351a4a8097cde46ac2877d28e88f9e57e0ac36c42e8fc8543517c4be70306a01e2f88a891fc53c612494aeb37f47a200d94b8e1b050ed16eff6
+  HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+  SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+  PREFER_NINJA
+  OPTIONS_DEBUG -DDISABLE_INSTALL_HEADERS=ON
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/pystring RENAME copyright)