diff --git a/ports/pango/0001-fix-static-symbols-export.diff b/ports/pango/0001-fix-static-symbols-export.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c09544f5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/pango/0001-fix-static-symbols-export.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 9e7d3a6ea06e1fb661e0aa4b60c6efa9a5684d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mikhail Paulyshka <me@mixaill.tk>
+Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 21:28:12 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH] do not use dllexport for static build
+
+---
+ config.h.win32 | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/config.h.win32 b/config.h.win32
+index 31b330f..e25b5d8 100644
+--- a/config.h.win32
++++ b/config.h.win32
+@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@
+ 
+ /* defines how to decorate public symbols while building */
+ #ifdef _MSC_VER
++#ifdef _WINDLL
+ #define _PANGO_EXTERN __declspec(dllexport) extern
+ #else
++#define _PANGO_EXTERN extern
++#endif
++#else
+ #define _PANGO_EXTERN __attribute__((visibility("default"))) __declspec(dllexport) extern
+ #endif
+-- 
+2.11.0.windows.1
+
diff --git a/ports/pango/CMakeLists.txt b/ports/pango/CMakeLists.txt
index 4cbf6822e..f6145dc4c 100644
--- a/ports/pango/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/pango/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ find_path(CAIRO_INCLUDE_DIR cairo.h)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
     set(CAIRO_SUFFIX d)
 endif()
-find_library(CAIRO_LIBRARY cairo${CAIRO_SUFFIX})
+find_library(CAIRO_LIBRARY 
+    NAMES
+        cairo${CAIRO_SUFFIX}
+        cairo-static${CAIRO_SUFFIX})
 find_library(CAIRO_GOBJECT_LIBRARY cairo-gobject${CAIRO_SUFFIX})
 set(CAIRO_LIBRARIES ${CAIRO_LIBRARY} ${CAIRO_GOBJECT_LIBRARY})
 
diff --git a/ports/pango/portfile.cmake b/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
index 3fa54f5a1..0f454a4e5 100644
--- a/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-
-if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-    message(STATUS "Warning: Static building not supported. Building dynamic.")
-    set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE dynamic)
-endif()
-
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 set(PANGO_VERSION 1.40.5)
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/pango-${PANGO_VERSION})
@@ -15,12 +9,18 @@ vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
 
+vcpkg_apply_patches(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PATCHES
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001-fix-static-symbols-export.diff)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
 	OPTIONS_DEBUG
 	    -DPANGO_SKIP_HEADERS=ON)
 
+vcpkg_build_cmake()
 vcpkg_install_cmake()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()