diff --git a/ports/ceres/CONTROL b/ports/ceres/CONTROL
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+Source: ceres
+Version: 1.12.0
+Build-Depends:suitesparse, eigen3, clapack, gflags, glog
+Description: non-linear optimization package
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diff --git a/ports/ceres/portfile.cmake b/ports/ceres/portfile.cmake
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+# Common Ambient Variables:
+#   CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR    = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\buildtrees\${PORT}
+#   CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR      = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\packages\${PORT}_${TARGET_TRIPLET}
+#   CURRENT_PORT DIR          = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\ports\${PORT}
+#   PORT                      = current port name (zlib, etc)
+#   TARGET_TRIPLET            = current triplet (x86-windows, x64-windows-static, etc)
+#   VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE         = C runtime linkage type (static, dynamic)
+#   VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE     = target library linkage type (static, dynamic)
+#   VCPKG_ROOT_DIR            = <C:\path\to\current\vcpkg>
+#   VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE = target architecture (x64, x86, arm)
+#
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+set(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET "v140") # Force VS2015 because VS2017 compiler return internal error
+# eigen3\eigen\src\core\redux.h(237): fatal error C1001: An internal error has occurred in the compiler. [internal\ceres\ceres.vcxproj]
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+REPO ceres-solver/ceres-solver
+REF 1.12.0
+SHA512 4b4cba5627fbd80a626e8a31d9f561d6cee1c8345970304e4b5b163a9dcadc6d636257d1046ecede00781a11229ef671ee89c3e7e6baf15f49f63f36e6a2ebe1
+HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+	#PREFER_NINJA # Disable this option if project cannot be built with Ninja
+     
+	 OPTIONS	 
+	-DEXPORT_BUILD_DIR=ON
+	-DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+	-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF	
+	-DEIGENSPARSE=ON
+	-DSUITESPARSE=ON
+	-DCXSPARSE=ON
+    #-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF	
+	-DCXSPARSE_INCLUDE_DIR=${SUITESPARSE_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	-DCXSPARSE_LIBRARY=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/libcxsparse.lib
+	-DSUITESPARSE_INCLUDE_DIR_HINTS=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/suitesparse	
+	-DEIGEN_INCLUDE_DIR=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/eigen3
+	-DLAPACK_LIBRARIES=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/lapack.lib
+	-DBLAS_LIBRARIES=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/openblas.lib	
+	-DMETIS_LIBRARY=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/metis.lib 
+	-DGFLAGS_INCLUDE_DIR=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include	
+	-DGFLAGS_LIBRARY=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/gflags.lib
+	-DGLOG_INCLUDE_DIR=${PACKAGES_INCLUDE_DIR} 
+	-DGLOG_LIBRARY=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib/glog.lib 	
+	
+	OPTIONS_RELEASE	 	
+	-DSUITESPARSE_LIBRARY_DIR_HINTS=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib	
+	
+	OPTIONS_DEBUG
+    -DSUITESPARSEQR_LIBRARY=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib/libspqrd.lib
+	-DSUITESPARSE_LIBRARY_DIR_HINTS=${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib
+    
+)
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+#clean 
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/CMake)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/CMake)
+
+# Handle copyright of suitesparse and metis
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/ceres)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/ceres/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/ceres/copyright)
+
+