diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL b/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL
deleted file mode 100644
index f83c3b1cecf449..00000000000000
--- a/ports/fontconfig/CONTROL
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Source: fontconfig
-Version: 2.13.1
-Port-Version: 7
-Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/front.html
-Description: Library for configuring and customizing font access.
-Build-Depends: freetype, expat, libiconv, dirent, pthread, json-c, libuuid (!windows&!osx&!mingw), gettext
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/build2.patch b/ports/fontconfig/build2.patch
index 2b2780abb00cee..f01edf8b200374 100644
--- a/ports/fontconfig/build2.patch
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/build2.patch
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ index f0fa0ec50..24e5afd16 100644
  
  $(TOOL): $(TSRC) $(ALIAS_FILES)
 -	$(AM_V_GEN) $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $(TOOL) $< $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
-+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $(TOOL) $< $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(LIBINTL) $(CFLAGS)
++	$(AM_V_GEN) $(CC_FOR_BUILD) -o $(TOOL) $< $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(LIBINTL) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD)
  
  $(TARG): $(TMPL) $(TSRC) $(DEPS)
  	$(AM_V_GEN) $(MAKE) $(TOOL) && \
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake b/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
index 9635d185403353..a14abbe6a08f89 100644
--- a/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/portfile.cmake
@@ -98,13 +98,18 @@ file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share
 if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     set(ENV{FONTCONFIG_PATH} "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/etc/fonts")
     set(ENV{FONTCONFIG_FILE} "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/etc/fonts/fonts.conf")
-    vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}/bin/fc-cache${VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}" --verbose
+    if("${TARGET_TRIPLET}" STREQUAL "${HOST_TRIPLET}")
+        set(FC_CACHE_BASE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}")
+    else()
+        set(FC_CACHE_BASE "${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${HOST_TRIPLET}")
+    endif()
+    vcpkg_execute_required_process(COMMAND "${FC_CACHE_BASE}/tools/${PORT}/bin/fc-cache${VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}" --verbose
                                    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}/bin"
                                    LOGNAME fc-cache-${TARGET_TRIPLET})
 endif()
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
-    # Unnecessary make rule creating the fontconfig cache dir on windows. 
+    # Unnecessary make rule creating the fontconfig cache dir on windows.
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}LOCAL_APPDATA_FONTCONFIG_CACHE")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/ports/fontconfig/vcpkg.json b/ports/fontconfig/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e1238f7f376820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/fontconfig/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "fontconfig",
+  "version-string": "2.13.1",
+  "port-version": 8,
+  "description": "Library for configuring and customizing font access.",
+  "homepage": "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/front.html",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "dirent",
+    "expat",
+    {
+      "name": "fontconfig",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    "freetype",
+    "json-c",
+    "libiconv",
+    {
+      "name": "libuuid",
+      "platform": "!windows & !osx & !mingw"
+    },
+    "pthread"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 94f34acba5d7a8..8df9bc698902ce 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@
     },
     "fontconfig": {
       "baseline": "2.13.1",
-      "port-version": 7
+      "port-version": 8
     },
     "foonathan-memory": {
       "baseline": "2019-07-21-1",
diff --git a/versions/f-/fontconfig.json b/versions/f-/fontconfig.json
index 46a0f251a87182..b876b9b55c6d79 100644
--- a/versions/f-/fontconfig.json
+++ b/versions/f-/fontconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "7b8de891f5ef8e60bb971e2d7af4b7687537d3d3",
+      "version-string": "2.13.1",
+      "port-version": 8
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "e28c20718e723ea702e408f52f76343950b1a3f2",
       "version-string": "2.13.1",