diff --git a/ports/tcl/CONTROL b/ports/tcl/CONTROL
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+Source: tcl
+Version: 8.6.5
+Homepage: https://github.com/tcltk/tcl
+Description: Tcl provides a powerful platform for creating integration applications that tie together diverse applications, protocols, devices, and frameworks. When paired with the Tk toolkit, Tcl provides the fastest and most powerful way to create GUI applications that run on PCs, Unix, and Mac OS X. Tcl can also be used for a variety of web-related tasks and for creating powerful command languages for applications.
diff --git a/ports/tcl/portfile.cmake b/ports/tcl/portfile.cmake
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+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+# the working 9.0 alpha release has fixes to their nmake script that are needed, 8.6.9 has issues with configuration
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO tcltk/tcl
+    REF fb28af5fa6c4ffcd2d176c5617e5640acbfb8114
+    SHA512 f58a0039eb6d48dc711675e5052e18c6a90e377afe02922ab3ba0cbd6655c85d01ae2d954698c6563d45672f700c97cddf1d165ca8bb6064e5aaf8c31c76856f)
+
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    find_program(NMAKE nmake REQUIRED)
+
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE MATCHES "x64")
+        set(MACHINE_STR AMD64)
+    else()
+        set(MACHINE_STR IX86)
+    endif()
+
+    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE MATCHES "static")
+        set(STATIC_OPT ",static")
+    endif()
+
+    message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release")
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+        COMMAND ${NMAKE} -f makefile.vc release OPTS=${STATIC_OPT} MACHINE=${MACHINE_STR}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}/win
+        LOGNAME build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release
+    )
+    message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release done")
+    message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug")
+
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+        COMMAND ${NMAKE} -f makefile.vc release OPTS=symbols${STATIC_OPT} MACHINE=${MACHINE_STR}
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}/win
+        LOGNAME build-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug
+    )
+    message(STATUS "Building ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug done")
+
+    message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug")
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+        COMMAND ${NMAKE} -f makefile.vc install INSTALLDIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}\\debug OPTS=symbols${STATIC_OPT} SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}\\tools\\tcl\\debug\\lib\\tcl9.0
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}/win
+        LOGNAME install-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug
+    )
+
+    file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE MATCHES "dynamic")
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/dde1.4 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/debug/lib)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/dde1.4)
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/reg1.3 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/debug/lib)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/reg1.3)
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/tcl90g.dll DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/debug)
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/tclsh90g.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/debug/bin)
+        file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/tclsh90g.exe)
+    else()
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/tclsh90sg.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/debug/bin)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
+    endif()
+
+    message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-debug done")
+
+    message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release")
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+        COMMAND ${NMAKE} -f makefile.vc install INSTALLDIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR} OPTS=${STATIC_OPT} SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}\\tools\\tcl\\lib\\tcl9.0
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_PATH}/win
+        LOGNAME install-${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release
+    )
+
+    if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE MATCHES "dynamic")
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/dde1.4 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/lib)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/dde1.4)
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/reg1.3 DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/lib)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/reg1.3)
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/tclsh90.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/bin)
+    else()
+        file(COPY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/tclsh90s.exe DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/bin)
+        file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
+    endif()
+    vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/tcl/bin)
+    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/tclsh90.exe)
+    message(STATUS "Installing ${TARGET_TRIPLET}-release done")
+
+    file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/license.terms DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/tcl RENAME copyright)
+else()
+    message(ERROR "Unsupported Operating System ${VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
+endif()
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