diff --git a/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/CONTROL b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/CONTROL
index 89781089c..f0e78a1a2 100644
--- a/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: azure-kinect-sensor-sdk
-Version: 1.4.0-alpha.0-4
+Version: 1.4.0-alpha.0-5
 Homepage: https://github.com/microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK
 Description: Azure Kinect SDK is a cross platform (Linux and Windows) user mode SDK to read data from your Azure Kinect device.
 Build-Depends: azure-c-shared-utility, glfw3, gtest, imgui, libusb, spdlog, cjson, ebml, libjpeg-turbo, matroska, libsoundio, libyuv
diff --git a/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/k4adeploy.ps1 b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/k4adeploy.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6feb3b32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/k4adeploy.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Note: This function signature and behavior is depended upon by applocal.ps1
+
+function deployAzureKinectSensorSDK([string]$targetBinaryDir, [string]$installedDir, [string]$targetBinaryName) {
+    if ($targetBinaryName -like "k4a.dll") {
+        if(Test-Path "$installedDir\tools\azure-kinect-sensor-sdk\depthengine_2_0.dll") {
+            Write-Verbose "  Deploying Azure Kinect Sensor SDK Initialization"
+            deployBinary "$targetBinaryDir" "$installedDir\tools\azure-kinect-sensor-sdk\" "depthengine_2_0.dll"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/portfile.cmake b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/portfile.cmake
index b20b3919a..a7604a7ba 100644
--- a/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
+set(VERSION 1.4.0-alpha.0)
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO microsoft/Azure-Kinect-Sensor-SDK
-    REF 17b644560ce7b4ee7dd921dfff0ae811aa54ede6 #v1.4.0-alpha.0
-    SHA512 2746eebe5ef66c4b9d2215b6883723fca66dab77d405c662cc2af9364dc7fcd76aade396d23427db5797e0a534764eb2398890930ff3c792d0df8a681ce31462
+    REF v${VERSION}
+    SHA512 bf09ff92dc1b8621a941d838aef9c804bb5635f7984b7f86f01a38441d44935db764b69483d598e1f2c0aafb5c7ec196ef9c722967d92e6d075cb67ce781fea9
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         fix-builds.patch
@@ -59,5 +60,31 @@ if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
 endif()
 
+# Install Depth Engine
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://www.nuget.org/api/v2/package/Microsoft.Azure.Kinect.Sensor/${VERSION}"
+    FILENAME "azure-kinect-sensor-sdk.zip"
+    SHA512 6c15975e7c834672de723b0c474fa4cd58f41c5bee6511dcbdbc22f1a58daa906c4f01a7e941af0e7d09f763ff886015c1f6b1e29b6bdfb333f10857edfec2ca
+)
+
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive_ex(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH PACKAGE_PATH
+    ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE}
+    NO_REMOVE_ONE_LEVEL
+)
+
+if (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x86)
+    set(ARCHITECTURE "x86")
+elseif (VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL x64)
+    set(ARCHITECTURE "amd64")
+else ()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "this architecture is not supported.")
+endif ()
+
+file(COPY ${PACKAGE_PATH}/lib/native/${ARCHITECTURE}/release/depthengine_2_0.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk)
+file(COPY ${PACKAGE_PATH}/lib/native/${ARCHITECTURE}/release/depthengine_2_0.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/tools/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk)
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/k4adeploy.ps1 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk)
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/k4adeploy.ps1 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/tools/azure-kinect-sensor-sdk)
+
 # Handle copyright
-file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
\ No newline at end of file
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/applocal.ps1 b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/applocal.ps1
index ab51dc9be..06f0733a7 100644
--- a/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/applocal.ps1
+++ b/scripts/buildsystems/msbuild/applocal.ps1
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ function resolve([string]$targetBinary) {
                     deployPluginsIfMagnum $targetBinaryDir "$g_install_root\bin\magnum" "$_"
                 }
             }
+            if (Test-Path function:\deployAzureKinectSensorSDK) { deployAzureKinectSensorSDK $targetBinaryDir "$g_install_root" "$_" }
             resolve "$baseTargetBinaryDir\$_"
         } elseif (Test-Path "$targetBinaryDir\$_") {
             Write-Verbose "  ${_}: $_ not found in vcpkg; locally deployed"
@@ -107,5 +108,10 @@ if (Test-Path "$g_install_root\bin\magnum\magnumdeploy.ps1") {
     . "$g_install_root\bin\magnum-d\magnumdeploy.ps1"
 }
 
+# Note: This is a hack to make Azure Kinect Sensor SDK work.
+if (Test-Path "$g_install_root\tools\azure-kinect-sensor-sdk\k4adeploy.ps1") {
+    . "$g_install_root\tools\azure-kinect-sensor-sdk\k4adeploy.ps1"
+}
+
 resolve($targetBinary)
 Write-Verbose $($g_searched | out-string)