diff --git a/ports/protozero/CONTROL b/ports/protozero/CONTROL
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+++ b/ports/protozero/CONTROL
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+Source: protozero
+Version: 1.6.8
+Homepage: https://github.com/am2222/mapnik-windows/
+Description: Minimalist protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++
+Build-Depends: protobuf
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diff --git a/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake b/ports/protozero/portfile.cmake
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+set(protozero 1.6.8)
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO mapbox/protozero
+    SHA512 24bab4bf4ff7c67b4f2d8e97919ccde115db4fa476462926102da2f48b4689d6b454df56dbc30754d0e81c37f669535e4b2101033b079ace0f4ea2706447abe1
+    REF v1.6.8
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA # Disable this option if project cannot be built with Ninja
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug")
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/include/protozero DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *.h)
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE.md DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/protozero RENAME copyright)
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