diff --git a/ports/ace/portfile.cmake b/ports/ace/portfile.cmake
index 5c49c9284aba69..190a2f8dfe5d43 100644
--- a/ports/ace/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/ace/portfile.cmake
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ if("ssl" IN_LIST FEATURES)
 else()
     list(APPEND ACE_FEATURE_LIST "ssl=0")
 endif()
+if("xml-utils" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    list(APPEND ACE_FEATURE_LIST "xerces3=1")
+    set(ENV{XERCESCROOT} ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    list(APPEND ACE_FEATURE_LIST "xerces3=0")
+endif()
 list(JOIN ACE_FEATURE_LIST "," ACE_FEATURES)
 
 if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
diff --git a/ports/ace/vcpkg.json b/ports/ace/vcpkg.json
index 1c6cc5e7284238..35177021d5ace1 100644
--- a/ports/ace/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/ace/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ace",
   "version": "7.0.5",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "maintainers": "Johnny Willemsen <jwillemsen@remedy.nl>",
   "description": "The ADAPTIVE Communication Environment",
   "homepage": "https://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html",
@@ -20,6 +21,17 @@
     "xml": {
       "description": "Enable XML features in ACE"
     },
+    "xml-utils": {
+      "description": "Include the ACE_XML_Utils library",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "xerces-c",
+          "features": [
+            "xmlch-wchar"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
     "zlib": {
       "description": "Enable zlib support",
       "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/a-/ace.json b/versions/a-/ace.json
index 465a32bcd48a7f..8cd454e343c603 100644
--- a/versions/a-/ace.json
+++ b/versions/a-/ace.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "036533c7b1153d148040334e7195557ce41265e9",
+      "version": "7.0.5",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "bcc74bda3a7d8c6a93ff6ff5866de20612661fc3",
       "version": "7.0.5",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 00d7cb54495032..c9b47312feab83 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     },
     "ace": {
       "baseline": "7.0.5",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "activemq-cpp": {
       "baseline": "3.9.5",