diff --git a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
index fa5fea78c7ef75..7d0d9a527426b6 100644
--- a/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/python2/portfile.cmake
@@ -87,10 +87,62 @@ else()
     )
     
     vcpkg_install_make()
+    vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
     
     file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
 endif()
 
+if (NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    foreach(lib_suffix IN ITEMS "" "/debug")
+        set(python_config_file "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}${lib_suffix}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/_sysconfigdata.py")
+        if(NOT EXISTS "${python_config_file}")
+            continue()
+        endif()
+        
+        file(READ "${python_config_file}" contents)
+
+        string(PREPEND contents "import os\n_base = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))\n")
+        # make contents a list of lines
+        string(REPLACE ";" "\\;" old_contents "${contents}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "\r?\n" ";" old_contents "${contents}")
+
+        set(new_contents "")
+        foreach(line IN LISTS old_contents)
+            if(line MATCHES "\"")
+                string(REGEX REPLACE
+                    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}|${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}"
+                    "\" + _base + \""
+                    line
+                    "${line}"
+                )
+                string(REGEX REPLACE
+                    "\"[^\"]*${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}[^\"]*\""
+                    "''"
+                    line
+                    "${line}"
+                )
+            else()
+                string(REGEX REPLACE
+                    "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}|${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}"
+                    "' + _base + '"
+                    line
+                    "${line}"
+                )
+                string(REGEX REPLACE
+                    "'[^']*${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}[^']*'"
+                    "''"
+                    line
+                    "${line}"
+                )
+            endif()
+            list(APPEND new_contents "${line}")
+        endforeach()
+
+        list(JOIN new_contents "\n" contents)
+        file(WRITE "${python_config_file}" "${contents}")
+    endforeach()
+endif()
+
 # Handle copyright
 file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR})
 file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/copyright)
diff --git a/ports/python2/vcpkg.json b/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
index f4f4b4e0c41f11..6be1869d01f999 100644
--- a/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/python2/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "python2",
   "version": "2.7.18",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "The Python programming language as an embeddable library",
   "homepage": "https://www.python.org",
   "license": "Python-2.0"
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 5f7c521b145264..3a109e9a1358a4 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5546,7 +5546,7 @@
     },
     "python2": {
       "baseline": "2.7.18",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "python3": {
       "baseline": "3.10.1",
diff --git a/versions/p-/python2.json b/versions/p-/python2.json
index 0331d02ffa7c70..cbb06c836db015 100644
--- a/versions/p-/python2.json
+++ b/versions/p-/python2.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "2a9fb7f96d762e213e9901452492aee00f6fe049",
+      "version": "2.7.18",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "fc1f7aaa8a2312a56ce7dc1324c2eaf608a7a331",
       "version": "2.7.18",