diff --git a/ports/matio/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/matio/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaecf304b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/matio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8.0)
+project(libmatio C)
+
+set(SRC
+  src/endian.c
+  src/inflate.c
+  src/io.c
+  src/mat.c
+  src/mat4.c
+  src/mat5.c
+  src/mat73.c
+  visual_studio/matio.def
+  src/matvar_cell.c
+  src/matvar_struct.c
+  src/read_data.c
+  src/snprintf.c
+)
+
+set(
+  HEADERS
+  src/mat4.h
+  src/mat5.h
+  src/mat73.h
+  src/matio.h
+  src/matio_private.h
+  visual_studio/matio_pubconf.h
+  visual_studio/matioConfig.h
+)
+
+
+add_library(libmatio  ${SRC})
+
+
+set(COMMON_INCLUDES  ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/includes)
+
+file(COPY ${HEADERS} DESTINATION ${COMMON_INCLUDES})
+
+#fixes issues with relative directories
+include_directories(${COMMON_INCLUDES})
+
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY ON)
+
+add_definitions(
+  -DH5_NO_DEPRECATED_SYMBOLS
+  -DMAT73=1 -DREPLACE_GETOPT
+  -DMATIO_HAVE_INTTYPES_H=1
+  -DMATIO_HAVE_STDINT_H=1
+)
+
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
+  add_definitions(-DH5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB)
+  set(HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES OFF)
+else()
+  set(HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES ON)
+endif()
+
+find_package( ZLIB REQUIRED )
+
+if (ZLIB_FOUND)
+  include_directories( ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+  target_link_libraries(libmatio ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_ZLIB=1)
+endif( ZLIB_FOUND )
+
+find_package( HDF5 REQUIRED)
+
+if(HDF5_FOUND)
+  include_directories( ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+  target_link_libraries(libmatio ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES})
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_HDF5=1)
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES})
+
+install(
+  TARGETS libmatio
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+)
+
+if(NOT DISABLE_INSTALL_HEADERS)
+  install(FILES
+    src/matio.h
+    visual_studio/matio_pubconf.h
+    visual_studio/matioConfig.h
+    DESTINATION include
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/ports/matio/CONTROL b/ports/matio/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb2f87b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/matio/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Source: matio
+Version: 1.5.10
+Description: MATLAB MAT File I/O Library
+Build-Depends: zlib, hdf5
diff --git a/ports/matio/portfile.cmake b/ports/matio/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2878bdbfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/matio/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO tbeu/matio
+    REF v1.5.10
+    SHA512  c06ff6b3d17a136be20cebca4e1a4bb87eea98e35d979713e73f855487dee568895245528b1b8e55caf02f88aff1b742daf75f590e2d3b08158d0ad73e377243
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
+
+
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG -DDISABLE_INSTALL_HEADERS=ON
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/matio RENAME copyright)
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()