diff --git a/ports/kinectsdk1/CONTROL b/ports/kinectsdk1/CONTROL
index 3d4c83fd2..9764fb69a 100644
--- a/ports/kinectsdk1/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/kinectsdk1/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: kinectsdk1
-Version: 1.8-1
+Version: 1.8-2
 Description: Kinect for Windows SDK for Kinect v1 sensor.
diff --git a/ports/kinectsdk1/portfile.cmake b/ports/kinectsdk1/portfile.cmake
index aef4cd1c2..5aec50119 100644
--- a/ports/kinectsdk1/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/kinectsdk1/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,10 +1,39 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
-get_filename_component(KINECTSDK10_DIR "[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Kinect;SDKInstallPath]" ABSOLUTE CACHE)
-if(NOT EXISTS "${KINECTSDK10_DIR}")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Error: Could not find Kinect for Windows SDK v1.x. It can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40278.")
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "arm")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "This port does not currently support architecture: ${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}")
 endif()
 
+set(KINECTSDK10_VERSION "v1.8")
+vcpkg_download_distfile(KINECTSDK10_INSTALLER
+    URLS "https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/1/D/E1DEC243-0389-4A23-87BF-F47DE869FC1A/KinectSDK-${KINECTSDK10_VERSION}-Setup.exe"
+    FILENAME "KinectSDK-${KINECTSDK10_VERSION}-Setup.exe"
+    SHA512 ee8a0f70c86aad80fe214108e315e4550a90ed39f278ce00a7137532174ee5bf3bdeb1d0b499fc5ffdb5e176adecfd68963ee3731e1d2f00d69d32d1b8a3c555
+)
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(DARK)
+
+set(KINECTSDK10_WIX_INSTALLER "${KINECTSDK10_INSTALLER}")
+set(KINECTSDK10_WIX_EXTRACT_DIR "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/installer/wix")
+vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+    COMMAND ${DARK} -x ${KINECTSDK10_WIX_EXTRACT_DIR} ${KINECTSDK10_WIX_INSTALLER}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}
+    LOGNAME extract_wix_installer
+)
+
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${KINECTSDK10_WIX_EXTRACT_DIR}/AttachedContainer/KinectSDK-${KINECTSDK10_VERSION}-${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}.msi" KINECTSDK10_MSI_INSTALLER)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/installer/msi/${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}" KINECTSDK10_MSI_EXTRACT_DIR)
+file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/msiexec.log" MSIEXEC_LOG_PATH)
+set(BATCH_FILE ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/msiextract-msmpi.bat)
+file(WRITE ${BATCH_FILE} "msiexec.exe /a \"${KINECTSDK10_MSI_INSTALLER}\" /qn /log \"${MSIEXEC_LOG_PATH}\" TARGETDIR=\"${KINECTSDK10_MSI_EXTRACT_DIR}\"")
+vcpkg_execute_required_process(
+    COMMAND ${BATCH_FILE}
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}
+    LOGNAME extract_msi_installer_${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}
+)
+
+set(KINECTSDK10_DIR "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/installer/msi/${VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE}/Microsoft SDKs/Kinect/${KINECTSDK10_VERSION}")
+
 file(
     INSTALL
         "${KINECTSDK10_DIR}/inc/NuiApi.h"