diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/fix-linux-configure.patch b/ports/wxwidgets/fix-linux-configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..059bb42b7bb097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/fix-linux-configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+diff --git a/build/cmake/modules/cotire.cmake b/build/cmake/modules/cotire.cmake
+index bb69643..09b52a6 100644
+--- a/build/cmake/modules/cotire.cmake
++++ b/build/cmake/modules/cotire.cmake
+@@ -2316,6 +2316,10 @@ function (cotire_generate_target_script _language _configurations _target _targe
+ 			"${_config}" "${_language}" "${_target}" COTIRE_TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_${_upperConfig})
+ 		cotire_get_target_compiler_flags(
+ 			"${_config}" "${_language}" "${_target}" COTIRE_TARGET_COMPILE_FLAGS_${_upperConfig})
++		string(REPLACE
++			"<COMPILE_LANG_AND_ID:CUDA,NVIDIA>" "<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>"
++			COTIRE_TARGET_COMPILE_FLAGS_${_upperConfig} "${COTIRE_TARGET_COMPILE_FLAGS_${_upperConfig}}"
++		)
+ 		cotire_get_source_files_compile_definitions(
+ 			"${_config}" "${_language}" COTIRE_TARGET_SOURCES_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS_${_upperConfig} ${_targetSources})
+ 	endforeach()
+diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
+index 91d11ac..2791466 100644
+--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
++++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
+@@ -41,9 +41,27 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
+                 endif()
+                 set(dep_name "-l${dep_name}")
+             else()
+-                get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
++                # For the value like $<$<CONFIG:DEBUG>:LIB_PATH>
++                # Or $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:DEBUG>>:LIB_PATH>
++                string(REGEX REPLACE "^.+>:(.+)>$" "\\1" dep_name ${dep})
++                if (NOT dep_name)
++                    set(dep_name ${dep})
++                endif()
++            endif()
++            if(dep_name STREQUAL "libc.so")
++                # don't include this library
++            elseif(dep_name MATCHES "^-(.*)$")   # -l, -framework, -weak_framework
++                wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
++            elseif(dep_name MATCHES "^lib(.*)(.so|.dylib|.tbd|.a)$")
++                wx_string_append(${var} "-l${CMAKE_MATCH_1} ")
++            elseif(dep_name)
++                get_filename_component(abs_path ${dep_name} PATH)
++                if (abs_path) # value contains path
++                    wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
++                else()
++                    wx_string_append(${var} "-l${dep_name} ")
++                endif()
+             endif()
+-            wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
+         endforeach()
+         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
+     endif()
diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
index 3e3a057992ff7d..441943a4a18f41 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/portfile.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     PATCHES
         disable-platform-lib-dir.patch
         fix-build.patch
+        fix-linux-configure.patch # Remove this patch in the next update
 )
 
 set(OPTIONS)
@@ -21,6 +22,15 @@ if(VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL arm64 OR VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUA
     )
 endif()
 
+# wxWidgets on Linux currently needs to find the system's `gtk+-3.0.pc`.
+# vcpkg's port pkgconf would prevent this lookup.
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_LINUX AND NOT VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT DEFINED ENV{PKG_CONFIG})
+    find_program(system_pkg_config NAMES pkg-config)
+    if(system_pkg_config)
+        set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG} "${system_pkg_config}")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 # This may be set to ON by users in a custom triplet.
 # The use of 'wxUSE_STL' and 'WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS' (ON or OFF) are not API compatible
 # which is why they must be set in a custom triplet rather than a port feature.
@@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ if(NOT DEFINED WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS)
 endif()
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
-    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
         -DwxUSE_REGEX=builtin
         -DwxUSE_ZLIB=sys
@@ -49,21 +59,23 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
-file(GLOB DLLS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/*.dll")
-if(DLLS)
-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
-    foreach(DLL ${DLLS})
-        get_filename_component(N "${DLL}" NAME)
-        file(RENAME ${DLL} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/${N})
-    endforeach()
-endif()
-file(GLOB DLLS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/*.dll")
-if(DLLS)
-    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin)
-    foreach(DLL ${DLLS})
-        get_filename_component(N "${DLL}" NAME)
-        file(RENAME ${DLL} ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/${N})
-    endforeach()
+if (VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    file(GLOB DLLS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/*.dll")
+    if(DLLS)
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin")
+        foreach(DLL IN LISTS DLLS)
+            get_filename_component(N "${DLL}" NAME)
+            file(RENAME "${DLL}" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/${N}")
+        endforeach()
+    endif()
+    file(GLOB DLLS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/*.dll")
+    if(DLLS)
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin")
+        foreach(DLL IN LISTS DLLS)
+            get_filename_component(N "${DLL}" NAME)
+            file(RENAME "${DLL}" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin/${N}")
+        endforeach()
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
@@ -75,14 +87,14 @@ endif()
 # do the copy pdbs now after the dlls got moved to the expected /bin folder above
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/msvc)
-file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include)
-file(GLOB_RECURSE INCLUDES ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/*.h)
-if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/mswu/wx/setup.h)
-    list(APPEND INCLUDES ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/mswu/wx/setup.h)
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/msvc")
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+file(GLOB_RECURSE INCLUDES "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/*.h")
+if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/mswu/wx/setup.h")
+    list(APPEND INCLUDES "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/mswu/wx/setup.h")
 endif()
-if(EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mswud/wx/setup.h)
-    list(APPEND INCLUDES ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mswud/wx/setup.h)
+if(EXISTS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mswud/wx/setup.h")
+    list(APPEND INCLUDES "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/mswud/wx/setup.h")
 endif()
 foreach(INC IN LISTS INCLUDES)
     file(READ "${INC}" _contents)
@@ -96,9 +108,9 @@ foreach(INC IN LISTS INCLUDES)
     file(WRITE "${INC}" "${_contents}")
 endforeach()
 
-if(NOT EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/wx/setup.h)
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE WX_SETUP_H_FILES_DBG ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/*.h)
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE WX_SETUP_H_FILES_REL ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/*.h)
+if(NOT EXISTS "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/wx/setup.h")
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE WX_SETUP_H_FILES_DBG "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/*.h")
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE WX_SETUP_H_FILES_REL "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/*.h")
 
     if(NOT DEFINED VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE OR VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "release")
         vcpkg_replace_string("${WX_SETUP_H_FILES_REL}" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}" "")
@@ -113,8 +125,10 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/wx/setup.h)
         string(REPLACE "/setup.h" "" WX_SETUP_H_DBG_RELATIVE "${WX_SETUP_H_FILES_DBG}")
     endif()
 
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/setup.h.in ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/wx/setup.h @ONLY)
+    configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/setup.h.in" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include/wx/setup.h" @ONLY)
 endif()
-file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/wxwidgets)
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/wxwidgets/usage COPYONLY)
-file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/docs/licence.txt DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
+
+file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}/usage" COPYONLY)
+
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/docs/licence.txt" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
index 1663c7812e2516..9a4cdf2a8fb8a1 100644
--- a/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/wxwidgets/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "wxwidgets",
   "version-semver": "3.1.5",
-  "port-version": 7,
+  "port-version": 8,
   "description": [
     "Widget toolkit and tools library for creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for cross-platform applications. ",
     "Set WXWIDGETS_USE_STL in a custom triplet to build with the wxUSE_STL build option.",
     "Set WXWIDGETS_USE_STD_CONTAINERS in a custom triplet to build with the wxUSE_STD_CONTAINERS build option."
   ],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets",
+  "license": "wxWindows",
   "supports": "!uwp",
   "dependencies": [
     "expat",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 316e85cdcc6041..de5eab772e1a5b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7470,7 +7470,7 @@
     },
     "wxwidgets": {
       "baseline": "3.1.5",
-      "port-version": 7
+      "port-version": 8
     },
     "x-plane": {
       "baseline": "3.0.3",
diff --git a/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json b/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
index c8da366d3717e7..ec844293847ab8 100644
--- a/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
+++ b/versions/w-/wxwidgets.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "dba058c37782edf771e7a62ae1bef98274c86b9f",
+      "version-semver": "3.1.5",
+      "port-version": 8
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "9184caa631070403a5fd8c177b56907a313ad197",
       "version-semver": "3.1.5",