diff --git a/ports/marl/CONTROL b/ports/marl/CONTROL
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b9001db3df096..00000000000000
--- a/ports/marl/CONTROL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Source: marl
-Version: 2020-05-21
-Description: A hybrid thread/fiber task scheduler written in C++ 11
-Homepage: https://github.com/google/marl
-Supports: !uwp
diff --git a/ports/marl/portfile.cmake b/ports/marl/portfile.cmake
index e5749add4f1340..40d5102ee55787 100644
--- a/ports/marl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/marl/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,26 +1,37 @@
 vcpkg_fail_port_install(ON_TARGET "UWP")
 
-vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
-
 vcpkg_from_github(
     OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
     REPO google/marl
-    REF 00433d41804f52af29ef6f386f4c479f48c63e66
-    SHA512 8e86121cf212e4d7d2cfb1387a8f4c7749c82b8e916f4ea517d0a67696fefa91d900ffcf6f6358586cc341e8620ccb03ce2505b7828fd56a9d7561b9a2523bfd
-    HEAD_REF master
+    REF 45be9b248306e6ec3136efdd256d769c23b581d1
+    SHA512 24efe143718adbf4894e21e715ef5ed2585085b7b3729d9e21d3b0951c7c939e16c9f531eb52ec489cb539d1f70a2dcde025b7bbcbb2165ddf1a5b8278f9b806
+    HEAD_REF main
 )
 
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" MARL_BUILD_SHARED)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
+        -DMARL_BUILD_SHARED=${MARL_BUILD_SHARED}
         -DMARL_INSTALL=ON
 )
 
 vcpkg_install_cmake()
 
+if(MARL_BUILD_SHARED)
+    vcpkg_replace_string(
+        "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/marl/export.h"
+        "#ifdef MARL_DLL"
+        "#if 1  // #ifdef MARL_DLL"
+    )
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/${PORT})
 
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
 
 file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/marl/vcpkg.json b/ports/marl/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7bf0f8ef69e280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/marl/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "marl",
+  "version-string": "2020-06-30",
+  "description": "A hybrid thread/fiber task scheduler written in modern C++",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/google/marl",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "supports": "!uwp"
+}