diff --git a/ports/szip/disable-static-lib-in-shared-build.patch b/ports/szip/disable-static-lib-in-shared-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f06e6dcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/szip/disable-static-lib-in-shared-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt	Mon Aug 03 17:10:33 2015
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt	Fri Jan 13 09:38:07 2017
+@@ -22,20 +22,22 @@
+     ${SZIP_SRC_SOURCE_DIR}/szlib.h
+ )
+ 
+-add_library (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${SZIP_SRCS} ${SZIP_PUBLIC_HEADERS})
+-#set_target_properties (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET}
+-#  PROPERTIES
+-#      LINK_FLAGS "-version-info 2:0:0"
+-#)
+-TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
+-target_link_libraries (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_LIBS})
+-set_target_properties(${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
+-    PUBLIC_HEADER "${SZIP_PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
+-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
+-)
+-set_global_variable (SZIP_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT ${SZIP_LIB_TARGET})
+-SZIP_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} ${SZIP_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
+-set (install_targets ${SZIP_LIB_TARGET})
++if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
++  add_library (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} STATIC ${SZIP_SRCS} ${SZIP_PUBLIC_HEADERS})
++  #set_target_properties (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET}
++  #  PROPERTIES
++  #      LINK_FLAGS "-version-info 2:0:0"
++  #)
++  TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} STATIC " " " ")
++  target_link_libraries (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} ${LINK_LIBS})
++  set_target_properties(${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} PROPERTIES
++      PUBLIC_HEADER "${SZIP_PUBLIC_HEADERS}"
++      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:$<INSTALL_PREFIX>/include>"
++  )
++  set_global_variable (SZIP_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT ${SZIP_LIB_TARGET})
++  SZIP_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${SZIP_LIB_TARGET} ${SZIP_LIB_NAME} STATIC)
++  set (install_targets ${SZIP_LIB_TARGET})
++endif()
+ 
+ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+   add_library (${SZIP_LIBSH_TARGET} SHARED ${SZIP_SRCS} ${SZIP_PUBLIC_HEADERS})
diff --git a/ports/szip/portfile.cmake b/ports/szip/portfile.cmake
index 9204771c7..06040cedc 100644
--- a/ports/szip/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/szip/portfile.cmake
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ set(ARCHIVE ${SOURCE_PATH}/SZip.tar.gz)
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/Szip)
 
+vcpkg_apply_patches(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PATCHES
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/disable-static-lib-in-shared-build.patch
+)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     OPTIONS