diff --git a/ports/xtl/CONTROL b/ports/xtl/CONTROL
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+++ b/ports/xtl/CONTROL
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+Source: xtl
+Version: 0.5.3
+Build-Depends: nlohmann-json
+Description: The x template library.
diff --git a/ports/xtl/portfile.cmake b/ports/xtl/portfile.cmake
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+# header-only library
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO QuantStack/xtl
+    REF 0.5.3
+    SHA512 340e10a113d88be81833e8c123835de0fd30bc9b80387cd260edbff5e54ff2d78a72f77ec8803e3031f54f32c7f189a7afc9e0c1b7446fc6340a4482f308ccbf
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS
+        -DDOWNLOAD_GTEST=OFF
+        -DTF_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+        -DTF_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+        -DTF_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=OFF
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/${PORT})
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
+
+# Handle copyright
+configure_file(${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/copyright COPYONLY)