diff --git a/ports/json-c/CONTROL b/ports/json-c/CONTROL
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+++ b/ports/json-c/CONTROL
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+Source: json-c
+Version: 2019-05-31
+Description: A JSON implementation in C
diff --git a/ports/json-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/json-c/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+# https://github.com/json-c/json-c/issues/488
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO json-c/json-c
+    REF 2b1903cc6941fb87db7526680829486f27fb1073
+    SHA512 0ee71a0c2f75f5114b65f06ef921ac7a66173d66592fa880336896de64f3a325b251028b35396184cd7c3ffd15db3826bed83200fa80f4d11607fdf758138bf9
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/${PORT})
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+# Handle copyright
+configure_file(${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/copyright COPYONLY)