diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/fix-wxconfig-libs-output.patch b/ports/wxwidgets/fix-wxconfig-libs-output.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37762f9165d055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/fix-wxconfig-libs-output.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
+index 91d11ac..4e22ee9 100644
+--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
++++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
+@@ -41,7 +41,40 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
+                 endif()
+                 set(dep_name "-l${dep_name}")
+             else()
+-                get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
++                if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
++                    # For "$<$<CONFIG:DEBUG>:"
++                    set(CONFIG_TYPE_INVERT "CONFIG:DEBUG>:")
++                else()
++                    # For "$<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:"
++                    set(CONFIG_TYPE_INVERT "CONFIG:DEBUG>>:")
++                endif()
++                if (dep MATCHES "${CONFIG_TYPE_INVERT}")
++                    continue()
++                endif()
++                string(REGEX REPLACE "^.+>:(.+)>$" "\\1" dep_path ${dep})
++                if (NOT dep_path)
++                    set(dep_name ${dep})
++                else()
++                    string(REGEX MATCH "^-.*$" ADDED_PREFIX ${dep_path})
++                    if (ADDED_PREFIX)
++                        set(dep_name ${dep_path})
++                    else()
++                        get_filename_component(abs_path ${dep_path} PATH)
++                        if (NOT abs_path)
++                            string(REGEX MATCH "^lib(.*).a$" CURR_STATIC_NAME ${dep_path})
++                            string(REGEX MATCH "^lib(.*).so$" CURR_DYNAMIC_NAME ${dep_path})
++                            if (CURR_STATIC_NAME)
++                                set(dep_name "-l${CURR_STATIC_NAME}")
++                            elseif (CURR_DYNAMIC_NAME)
++                                set(dep_name "-l${CURR_DYNAMIC_NAME}")
++                            else()
++                                set(dep_name "-l${dep_path}")
++                            endif()
++                        else()
++                            set(dep_name ${dep_path})
++                        endif()
++                    endif()
++                endif()
+             endif()
+             wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
+         endforeach()
diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
index 8b2050e2d54d6a..9b16f885d9e104 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     PATCHES
         disable-platform-lib-dir.patch
         fix-build.patch
+        fix-wxconfig-libs-output.patch
 )
 
 set(OPTIONS)
diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
index c7464fe1435e19..4f021c5d62d489 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "wxwidgets",
   "version-semver": "3.1.5",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "a widget toolkit and tools library for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for cross-platform applications.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets",
   "supports": "!uwp",