diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/CONTROL b/ports/harfbuzz/CONTROL
index 82751a0c3..399f13111 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: harfbuzz
-Version: 2.3.1-2
+Version: 2.3.1-3
 Description: HarfBuzz OpenType text shaping engine
 Build-Depends: freetype, ragel, gettext (osx)
 Default-Features: ucdn
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/find-package-freetype-2.patch b/ports/harfbuzz/find-package-freetype-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85dbbdeec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/find-package-freetype-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index defd5d6..03f9d4e 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ set (subset_project_headers
+ 
+ ## Find and include needed header folders and libraries
+ if (HB_HAVE_FREETYPE)
+-  include (FindFreetype)
++  find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+   if (NOT FREETYPE_FOUND)
+     message(FATAL_ERROR "HB_HAVE_FREETYPE was set, but we failed to find it. Maybe add a CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH= to your Freetype2 install prefix")
+   endif ()
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/glib-cmake.patch b/ports/harfbuzz/glib-cmake.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddbc96712
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/glib-cmake.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 2d6e77e8..36e4b4e6 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -306,22 +306,14 @@ endif ()
+ if (HB_HAVE_GLIB)
+   add_definitions(-DHAVE_GLIB)
+ 
+-  # https://github.com/WebKit/webkit/blob/master/Source/cmake/FindGLIB.cmake
+-  find_package(PkgConfig)
+-  pkg_check_modules(PC_GLIB QUIET glib-2.0)
+-
+-  find_library(GLIB_LIBRARIES NAMES glib-2.0 HINTS ${PC_GLIB_LIBDIR} ${PC_GLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+-  find_path(GLIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES glibconfig.h HINTS ${PC_LIBDIR} ${PC_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${PC_GLIB_INCLUDEDIR} ${PC_GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} PATH_SUFFIXES glib-2.0/include)
+-  find_path(GLIB_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES glib.h HINTS ${PC_GLIB_INCLUDEDIR} ${PC_GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} PATH_SUFFIXES glib-2.0)
+-
+-  include_directories(${GLIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
++  find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
++  find_package(unofficial-iconv REQUIRED)
++  find_package(unofficial-glib CONFIG REQUIRED)
+ 
+   list(APPEND project_sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/hb-glib.cc)
+   list(APPEND project_headers ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/hb-glib.h)
+ 
+-  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS ${GLIB_LIBRARIES})
+-
+-  mark_as_advanced(GLIB_LIBRARIES GLIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIR GLIB_INCLUDE_DIR)
++  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS unofficial::glib::glib)
+ endif ()
+ 
+ if (HB_HAVE_ICU)
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
index d538c27cd..e1a8199c0 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
@@ -10,8 +10,20 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         0001-fix-cmake-export.patch
         0002-fix-uwp-build.patch
         0003-remove-broken-test.patch
+        # This patch is required for propagating the full list of static dependencies from freetype
+        find-package-freetype-2.patch
+        # This patch is required for propagating the full list of dependencies from glib
+        glib-cmake.patch
 )
 
+file(READ ${SOURCE_PATH}/CMakeLists.txt _contents)
+if("${_contents}" MATCHES "include \\(FindFreetype\\)")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Harfbuzz's cmake must not directly include() FindFreetype.")
+endif()
+if("${_contents}" MATCHES "find_library\\(GLIB_LIBRARIES")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Harfbuzz's cmake must not directly find_library() glib.")
+endif()
+
 SET(HB_HAVE_ICU "OFF")
 if("icu" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     SET(HB_HAVE_ICU "ON")