diff --git a/ports/hdf5/CONTROL b/ports/hdf5/CONTROL
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+Source: hdf5
+Version: 1.8.18
+Description: HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
+Build-Depends: zlib, szip, msmpi
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diff --git a/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake b/ports/hdf5/portfile.cmake
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+# Common Ambient Variables:
+#   VCPKG_ROOT_DIR = <C:\path\to\current\vcpkg>
+#   TARGET_TRIPLET is the current triplet (x86-windows, etc)
+#   PORT is the current port name (zlib, etc)
+#   CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\buildtrees\${PORT}
+#   CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR  = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\packages\${PORT}_${TARGET_TRIPLET}
+#
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/hdf5-1.8.18)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current18/src/hdf5-1.8.18.tar.bz2"
+    FILENAME "hdf5-1.8.18.tar.bz2"
+    SHA512 01f6d14bdd3be2ced9c63cc9e1820cd7ea11db649ff9f3a3055c18c4b0fffe777fd23baad536e3bce31c4d76fe17db64a3972762e1bb4d232927c1ca140e72b2
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    OPTIONS
+        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP=1
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+        -DHDF5_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+        -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF
+        -DHDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB=OFF
+        -DHDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL=ON
+        -DHDF5_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT=ON
+        -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT=ON
+        -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_ENCODING=ON
+        -DHDF5_INSTALL_DATA_DIR=share/hdf5/data
+        -DHDF5_INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR=share/hdf5
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/data/COPYING ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/copyright)
+
+file(READ ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share/hdf5/hdf5-targets-debug.cmake HDF5_TARGETS_DEBUG_MODULE)
+string(REPLACE "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}" "\${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/debug" HDF5_TARGETS_DEBUG_MODULE "${HDF5_TARGETS_DEBUG_MODULE}")
+file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/hdf5/hdf5-targets-debug.cmake "${HDF5_TARGETS_DEBUG_MODULE}")
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)