diff --git a/ports/cpprestsdk/CONTROL b/ports/cpprestsdk/CONTROL
index 64ce95aae..30f24ed6b 100644
--- a/ports/cpprestsdk/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/cpprestsdk/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: cpprestsdk
-Version: 2.10.16-2
+Version: 2.10.16-3
 Build-Depends: openssl (!uwp&!windows), boost-system (!uwp&!windows),
   boost-date-time (!uwp&!windows), boost-regex (!uwp&!windows), boost-thread (!uwp&!windows),
   boost-filesystem (!uwp&!windows), boost-random (!uwp&!windows), boost-chrono (!uwp&!windows),
diff --git a/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake b/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
index 8142c22a9..a9f1ce3f2 100644
--- a/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
@@ -45,4 +45,9 @@ vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/share/${PORT})
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/share ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/share)
 
+if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+    vcpkg_replace_string(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/cpprest/details/cpprest_compat.h
+        "#ifdef _NO_ASYNCRTIMP" "#if 1")
+endif()
+
 file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/license.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)