diff --git a/ports/sdl2-image/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/sdl2-image/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e742a408d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sdl2-image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+project(SDL2_image)
+
+### configuration ###
+
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
+# enable all file formats which are supported natively
+set(SUPPORTED_FORMATS BMP GIF LBM PCX PNM TGA XPM XCF XV)
+
+# enable all file formats which are supported through external dependencies
+# first try to load them statically (lib file in vcpkg installation)
+# if this fails try to make them a dynamic dependency (dll will be loaded at runtime) if possible. vcpkg cannot resolve these dependencies!
+# else do not support this file format at all
+set(DEPENDENCIES PNG JPEG TIFF WEBP)
+
+# patch library names for preprocessor flags
+set(JPEG_FLAG JPG)
+set(TIFF_FLAG TIF)
+
+# names of potentially dynamically loaded libraries
+set(JPEG_DYNAMIC \"libjpeg-9.dll\")
+set(PNG_DYNAMIC \"libpng16-16.dll\")
+set(TIFF_DYNAMIC \"libtiff-5.dll\")
+set(WEBP_DYNAMIC \"libwebp-4.dll\")
+
+### implementation ###
+
+add_library(SDL2_image
+    IMG.c
+	IMG_bmp.c
+	IMG_gif.c
+	IMG_jpg.c
+	IMG_lbm.c
+	IMG_pcx.c
+	IMG_png.c
+	IMG_pnm.c
+	IMG_tga.c
+	IMG_tif.c
+	IMG_webp.c
+	IMG_xcf.c
+	IMG_xpm.c
+	IMG_xv.c
+	IMG_xxx.c
+	)
+
+foreach(FORMAT ${SUPPORTED_FORMATS})
+	add_definitions(-DLOAD_${FORMAT})
+endforeach(FORMAT)
+
+# SDL
+find_path(SDL_INCLUDE_DIR SDL2/SDL.h)
+find_library(SDL_LIBRARY SDL2)
+
+include_directories(${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL2)
+include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
+
+target_link_libraries(SDL2_image ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+
+# external dependencies
+foreach(DEPENDENCY ${DEPENDENCIES})
+	find_package(${DEPENDENCY})
+	
+	if(NOT DEFINED ${DEPENDENCY}_FLAG)
+		set(${DEPENDENCY}_FLAG ${DEPENDENCY})
+	endif()
+	
+	add_definitions(-DLOAD_${${DEPENDENCY}_FLAG})
+	if(${DEPENDENCY}_FOUND)
+		message(STATUS "  --> linking statically.")
+		target_link_libraries(SDL2_image ${${DEPENDENCY}_LIBRARIES})
+	elseif(DEFINED ${DEPENDENCY}_DYNAMIC)
+		message(STATUS "  --> linking dynamically.")
+		add_definitions(-DLOAD_${${DEPENDENCY}_FLAG}_DYNAMIC=${${DEPENDENCY}_DYNAMIC})
+		set(RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES ON)
+	else()
+		message(STATUS "  --> skipping.")
+	endif()
+endforeach(DEPENDENCY)
+
+if(DEFINED RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)
+	include_directories(VisualC/external/include)
+endif()
+
+
+install(TARGETS SDL2_image
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
+
+install(FILES SDL_image.h DESTINATION include/SDL2 CONFIGURATIONS Release)
+
+
+message(STATUS "Link-time dependencies:")
+message(STATUS "  " ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+foreach(DEPENDENCY ${DEPENDENCIES})
+	if(${DEPENDENCY}_FOUND)
+		message(STATUS "  " ${DEPENDENCY})
+	endif()
+endforeach(DEPENDENCY)
+
+if(DEFINED RUNTIME_DEPENDENCIES)
+	message(STATUS "Run-time dependencies:")
+	foreach(DEPENDENCY ${DEPENDENCIES})
+		if(NOT ${DEPENDENCY}_FOUND AND DEFINED ${DEPENDENCY}_DYNAMIC)
+			message(STATUS "  " ${${DEPENDENCY}_DYNAMIC})
+		endif()
+	endforeach(DEPENDENCY)
+endif()
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diff --git a/ports/sdl2-image/CONTROL b/ports/sdl2-image/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04c9f77bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sdl2-image/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Source: sdl2-image
+Version: 2.0.1
+Build-Depends: sdl2, libpng, libjpeg-turbo, tiff, libwebp
+Description: SDL_image is an image file loading library. It loads images as SDL surfaces and textures, and supports the following formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, LBM, PCX, PNG, PNM, TGA, TIFF, WEBP, XCF, XPM, XV
+
diff --git a/ports/sdl2-image/FindWEBP.cmake b/ports/sdl2-image/FindWEBP.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb3f9caa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sdl2-image/FindWEBP.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# - Find WEBP
+# Find the WEBP library 
+# This module defines
+#  WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS, where to find webp/decode.h
+#  WEBP_LIBRARIES, the libraries needed to use WEBP
+#
+
+find_path(WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    NAMES webp/decode.h
+)
+mark_as_advanced(WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+find_library(
+    WEBP_LIBRARIES
+    NAMES webp
+)
+
+find_library(WEBP_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES webp PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
+find_library(WEBP_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES webpd PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
+include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+select_library_configurations(WEBP)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(WEBP DEFAULT_MSG WEBP_INCLUDE_DIRS WEBP_LIBRARIES)
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diff --git a/ports/sdl2-image/correct-sdl-headers-dir.patch b/ports/sdl2-image/correct-sdl-headers-dir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4addc155d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sdl2-image/correct-sdl-headers-dir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git "a/SDL_image.h" "b/SDL_image.h"
+index f654483..1bd4f62 100644
+--- "a/SDL_image.h"
++++ "b/SDL_image.h"
+@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
+ #ifndef _SDL_IMAGE_H
+ #define _SDL_IMAGE_H
+ 
+-#include "SDL.h"
+-#include "SDL_version.h"
+-#include "begin_code.h"
++#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
++#include <SDL2/SDL_version.h>
++#include <SDL2/begin_code.h>
+ 
+ /* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@ extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL IMG_SavePNG_RW(SDL_Surface *surface, SDL_RWops *dst,
+ #ifdef __cplusplus
+ }
+ #endif
+-#include "close_code.h"
++#include <SDL2/close_code.h>
+ 
+ #endif /* _SDL_IMAGE_H */
diff --git a/ports/sdl2-image/portfile.cmake b/ports/sdl2-image/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cc6ce74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/sdl2-image/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Common Ambient Variables:
+#   VCPKG_ROOT_DIR = <C:\path\to\current\vcpkg>
+#   TARGET_TRIPLET is the current triplet (x86-windows, etc)
+#   PORT is the current port name (zlib, etc)
+#   CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\buildtrees\${PORT}
+#   CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR  = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\packages\${PORT}_${TARGET_TRIPLET}
+#
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/SDL2_image-2.0.1)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-2.0.1.zip"
+    FILENAME "SDL2_image-2.0.1.zip"
+    SHA512 37d12f4fae71c586bec73262bddb9207ab2f9a2ca6001d2cbfde646e268a950ba5cd4cff53d75e2da8959ae6da6e9cadc6eca88fa7bd9aa2758395d64c84a307
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+vcpkg_apply_patches(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PATCHES 
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/correct-sdl-headers-dir.patch)
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindWEBP.cmake DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH}/cmake)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    # OPTIONS
+    # OPTIONS_RELEASE -DOPTIMIZE=1
+    # OPTIONS_DEBUG -DDEBUGGABLE=1
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/sdl2-image)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/sdl2-image/COPYING.txt ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/sdl2-image/copyright)
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
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