diff --git a/ports/osgearth/CONTROL b/ports/osgearth/CONTROL
index 3585c467e3f041..781ae1bd45c0ef 100644
--- a/ports/osgearth/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/osgearth/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: osgearth
 Version: 3.0
+Port-Version: 1
 Homepage: https://github.com/gwaldron/osgearth
 Description:  osgEarth - Dynamic map generation toolkit for OpenSceneGraph Copyright 2015 Pelican Mapping.
 Build-Depends: osg[plugins]
diff --git a/ports/osgearth/fix-build-with-geos-3-8.patch b/ports/osgearth/fix-build-with-geos-3-8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ea52a4b8a34c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/osgearth/fix-build-with-geos-3-8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+diff --git a/src/osgEarth/GEOS.cpp b/src/osgEarth/GEOS.cpp
+index 07da3fd..31f97ab 100644
+--- a/src/osgEarth/GEOS.cpp
++++ b/src/osgEarth/GEOS.cpp
+@@ -63,9 +63,13 @@ namespace
+         {
+             coords->push_back( coords->front() );
+         }
++#if GEOS_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,8)
++        geom::CoordinateSequence::Ptr seq = factory->create(coords);
++        return seq.get();
++#else
+         geom::CoordinateSequence* seq = factory->create( coords );
+-
+         return seq;
++#endif
+     }
+ 
+     geom::Geometry*
+@@ -141,12 +145,20 @@ namespace
+                     if ( shell )
+                     {
+                         const Polygon* poly = static_cast<const Polygon*>(input);
++#if GEOS_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,8)
++                        std::vector<geom::LinearRing*>* holes = poly->getHoles().size() > 0 ? new std::vector<geom::LinearRing*>() : 0L;
++#else
+                         std::vector<geom::Geometry*>* holes = poly->getHoles().size() > 0 ? new std::vector<geom::Geometry*>() : 0L;
++#endif
+                         if (holes)
+                         {
+                             for( RingCollection::const_iterator r = poly->getHoles().begin(); r != poly->getHoles().end(); ++r )
+                             {
+-                                geom::Geometry* hole = import( r->get(), f );
++#if GEOS_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,8)
++                                geom::LinearRing* hole = dynamic_cast<geom::LinearRing*>(import( r->get(), f ));
++#else
++                                geom::Geometry* hole = import(r->get(), f);
++#endif
+                                 if (hole)
+                                 {
+                                     if (hole->getGeometryTypeId() == geos::geom::GEOS_LINEARRING)
diff --git a/ports/osgearth/portfile.cmake b/ports/osgearth/portfile.cmake
index 3be639cb46b314..119ae6f66ad66f 100644
--- a/ports/osgearth/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/osgearth/portfile.cmake
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES 
   	  RocksDB.patch
+      fix-build-with-geos-3-8.patch # Remove this patch after https://github.com/gwaldron/osgearth/pull/1497 merge
 )
 
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(