diff --git a/ports/boost-locale/0001-Fix-boost-ICU-support.patch b/ports/boost-locale/0001-Fix-boost-ICU-support.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd02f742e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/boost-locale/0001-Fix-boost-ICU-support.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+---
+ libs/locale/build/Jamfile.v2       | 63 ++++++--------------------------------
+ libs/locale/build/has_icu_test.cpp |  4 ---
+ libs/regex/build/Jamfile.v2        | 47 +++++++---------------------
+ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libs/locale/build/Jamfile.v2 b/libs/locale/build/Jamfile.v2
+index 578e722..5f25917 100644
+--- a/build/Jamfile.v2
++++ b/build/Jamfile.v2
+@@ -70,62 +70,17 @@ if $(ICU_LINK)
+ }
+ else
+ {
+-    searched-lib icuuc : :  <name>icuuc
+-                            <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib 
+-                            <link>shared 
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuuc : :  <toolset>msvc
+-                            <variant>debug
+-                            <name>icuucd
+-                            <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuuc : :  <name>this_is_an_invalid_library_name ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icudt : :  <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <name>icudata
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icudt : :  <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <name>icudt
+-                            <toolset>msvc
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icudt : :  <name>this_is_an_invalid_library_name ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuin : :  <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <name>icui18n
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuin : :  <toolset>msvc
+-                            <variant>debug
+-                            <name>icuind
+-                            <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuin : :  <toolset>msvc
+-                            <variant>release
+-                            <name>icuin
+-                            <search>$(ICU_PATH)/lib
+-                            <link>shared
+-                            <runtime-link>shared ;
+-
+-    searched-lib icuin : :  <name>this_is_an_invalid_library_name ;
+-
+-    explicit icuuc icudt icuin ;
++    alias icuuc : /user-config//icuuc ;
++    alias icuin : /user-config//icuin ;
++    alias icudt : /user-config//icudt ;
++
++    explicit icuuc icuin icudt ;
+ 
+     ICU_OPTS =   <include>$(ICU_PATH)/include 
+-      <library>icuuc/<link>shared/<runtime-link>shared 
+-      <library>icudt/<link>shared/<runtime-link>shared 
+-      <library>icuin/<link>shared/<runtime-link>shared
+-      <dll-path>$(ICU_PATH)/bin
+-        <runtime-link>shared ;
++      <library>icuuc
++      <library>icuin
++      <library>icudt
++      <dll-path>$(ICU_PATH)/bin ;
+ 
+ 
+ 
+diff --git a/libs/locale/build/has_icu_test.cpp b/libs/locale/build/has_icu_test.cpp
+index 9419b30..ed9be05 100644
+--- a/build/has_icu_test.cpp
++++ b/build/has_icu_test.cpp
+@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
+ #include <unicode/uchar.h>
+ #include <unicode/coll.h>
+ 
+-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_DLL)
+-#error "Mixing ICU with a static runtime doesn't work"
+-#endif
+-
+ int main()
+ {
+    icu::Locale loc;
+-- 
+2.12.2.windows.2
+
diff --git a/ports/boost-locale/CONTROL b/ports/boost-locale/CONTROL
index cb63e046f..d7c8d7c0f 100644
--- a/ports/boost-locale/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/boost-locale/CONTROL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Automatically generated by boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1
 Source: boost-locale
-Version: 1.73.0
+Version: 1.73.0-1
 Build-Depends: boost-assert, boost-build, boost-config, boost-function, boost-integer, boost-iterator, boost-modular-build-helper, boost-smart-ptr, boost-static-assert, boost-system, boost-thread, boost-type-traits, boost-unordered, boost-vcpkg-helpers, libiconv (!uwp&!windows)
 Homepage: https://github.com/boostorg/locale
 Description: Boost locale module
diff --git a/ports/boost-locale/portfile.cmake b/ports/boost-locale/portfile.cmake
index 7bc25c767..65df1f7c9 100644
--- a/ports/boost-locale/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/boost-locale/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF boost-1.73.0
     SHA512 0af88d8db7b18395a2b3668bcb51a5f32cd0de9acb9633572c2fb7edcdf06f354802392606394cf75ec4fd4d9cfe5c96351db766e55f8ef30f746b0a7017ad1f
     HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES 0001-Fix-boost-ICU-support.patch
 )
 
 include(${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/share/boost-build/boost-modular-build.cmake)