diff --git a/ports/atk/portfile.cmake b/ports/atk/portfile.cmake
index dcb675cbe2215f..5a2b479877702c 100644
--- a/ports/atk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/atk/portfile.cmake
@@ -9,15 +9,37 @@ vcpkg_from_gitlab(
     SHA512 f31951ecbdace6a18fb9f772616137cb8732163b37448fef4daf1af60ba8479c94d498dcdaf4880468c80012c77a446da585926a99704a9a940b80e546080cf3
 )
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=false)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=true)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=false)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
-        -Dintrospection=false
+        ${OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
     ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
         "glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'"
         "glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'"
+        "g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'"
+        "g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'"
 )
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
diff --git a/ports/atk/vcpkg.json b/ports/atk/vcpkg.json
index 0136b5025aa2c5..b0c3a9dbd4e595 100644
--- a/ports/atk/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/atk/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "atk",
   "version": "2.38.0",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "GNOME Accessibility Toolkit",
   "homepage": "https://developer.gnome.org/atk/",
   "license": "GPL-2.0-only",
@@ -24,5 +24,20 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/portfile.cmake b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/portfile.cmake
index 9dfd9d6a1818f5..cfbff59b592a89 100644
--- a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/portfile.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ vcpkg_from_gitlab(
         use-libtiff-4-pkgconfig.patch
 )
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=disabled)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=enabled)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
     #list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dnative_windows_loaders=true) # Use Windows system components to handle BMP, EMF, GIF, ICO, JPEG, TIFF and WMF images, overriding jpeg and tiff.  To build this into gdk-pixbuf, pass in windows" with the other loaders to build in or use "all" with the builtin_loaders option
 endif()
@@ -24,16 +40,23 @@ vcpkg_configure_meson(
         -Dpng=enabled               # Enable PNG loader (requires libpng)
         -Dtiff=enabled              # Enable TIFF loader (requires libtiff), disabled on Windows if "native_windows_loaders" is used
         -Djpeg=enabled              # Enable JPEG loader (requires libjpeg), disabled on Windows if "native_windows_loaders" is used
-        -Dintrospection=disabled    # Whether to generate the API introspection data (requires GObject-Introspection)
         -Drelocatable=true          # Whether to enable application bundle relocation support
         -Dtests=false
         -Dinstalled_tests=false
         -Dgio_sniffing=false        # Perform file type detection using GIO (Unused on MacOS and Windows)
         -Dbuiltin_loaders=all       # since it is unclear where loadable plugins should be located;
                                     # Comma-separated list of loaders to build into gdk-pixbuf, or "none", or "all" to build all buildable loaders into gdk-pixbuf
-    ADDITIONAL_BINARIES glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources'
-                        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
-                        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        ${OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
+    ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
+        glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources'
+        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
+        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
 )
 vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 
diff --git a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/vcpkg.json b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/vcpkg.json
index f37676d13f81e0..e4a2548a2a3e8c 100644
--- a/ports/gdk-pixbuf/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/gdk-pixbuf/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gdk-pixbuf",
   "version": "2.42.9",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "Image loading library.",
   "homepage": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later",
@@ -22,5 +22,20 @@
       "host": true
     },
     "zlib"
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ports/graphene/portfile.cmake b/ports/graphene/portfile.cmake
index 1c226cc86e4971..94afb9f967442a 100644
--- a/ports/graphene/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/graphene/portfile.cmake
@@ -11,21 +11,47 @@ vcpkg_extract_source_archive(
         fix_clang-cl.patch
 )
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=disabled)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=enabled)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
         -Dgtk_doc=false #Enable generating the API reference (depends on GTK-Doc)
         -Dgobject_types=true #Enable GObject types (depends on GObject)
-        -Dintrospection=disabled #Enable GObject Introspection (depends on GObject)'
         -Dtests=false
         -Dinstalled_tests=false
-    ADDITIONAL_NATIVE_BINARIES glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
-                               glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
-    ADDITIONAL_CROSS_BINARIES  glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
-                               glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        ${OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
+    ADDITIONAL_NATIVE_BINARIES
+        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
+        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
+    ADDITIONAL_CROSS_BINARIES
+        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
+        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
diff --git a/ports/graphene/vcpkg.json b/ports/graphene/vcpkg.json
index d948cda36a9f05..936babe8afb7ce 100644
--- a/ports/graphene/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/graphene/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "graphene",
   "version": "1.10.8",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "A thin layer of types for graphic libraries.",
   "homepage": "https://www.gtk.org/",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -16,5 +17,20 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ports/gtk/portfile.cmake b/ports/gtk/portfile.cmake
index 02cbea97b85183..80bd9f79c2d0ef 100644
--- a/ports/gtk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gtk/portfile.cmake
@@ -34,6 +34,22 @@ list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dbroadway-backend=false) #Enable the broadway (HTML5) gdk b
 list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dwin32-backend=${win32}) #Enable the Windows gdk backend (only when building on Windows)
 list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dmacos-backend=${osx}) #Enable the macOS gdk backend (only when building on macOS)
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=disabled)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=enabled)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     OPTIONS
@@ -44,7 +60,6 @@ vcpkg_configure_meson(
         -Dinstall-tests=false
         -Dgtk_doc=false
         -Dman-pages=false
-        -Dintrospection=disabled
         -Dmedia-ffmpeg=disabled     # Build the ffmpeg media backend
         -Dmedia-gstreamer=disabled  # Build the gstreamer media backend
         -Dprint-cups=disabled       # Build the cups print backend
@@ -53,21 +68,31 @@ vcpkg_configure_meson(
         -Dsysprof=disabled          # include tracing support for sysprof
         -Dtracker=disabled          # Enable Tracker3 filechooser search
         -Dcolord=disabled           # Build colord support for the CUPS printing backend
-    ADDITIONAL_NATIVE_BINARIES glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
-                               glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
-                               glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
-                               gdbus-codegen='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/gdbus-codegen'
-                               glib-compile-schemas='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-schemas${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
-                               sassc='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/sassc/bin/sassc${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
-    ADDITIONAL_CROSS_BINARIES  glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
-                               glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
-                               glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
-                               gdbus-codegen='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/gdbus-codegen'
-                               glib-compile-schemas='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-schemas${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
-                               sassc='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/sassc/bin/sassc${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
+    ADDITIONAL_NATIVE_BINARIES
+        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
+        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        gdbus-codegen='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/gdbus-codegen'
+        glib-compile-schemas='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-schemas${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        sassc='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/sassc/bin/sassc${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
+    ADDITIONAL_CROSS_BINARIES
+        glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
+        glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        gdbus-codegen='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/gdbus-codegen'
+        glib-compile-schemas='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-schemas${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        sassc='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/sassc/bin/sassc${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 
 # If somebody finds out how to access and forward env variables to
 # the meson install script be my guest. Nevertheless the script still
diff --git a/ports/gtk/vcpkg.json b/ports/gtk/vcpkg.json
index 1bebff6ac4ea5a..5388bfd596f5f7 100644
--- a/ports/gtk/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/gtk/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gtk",
   "version": "4.6.8",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Portable library for creating graphical user interfaces.",
   "homepage": "https://www.gtk.org/",
   "license": "LGPL-2.0-only",
@@ -47,5 +48,48 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "atk",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gdk-pixbuf",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "graphene",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "pango",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ports/gtk3/portfile.cmake b/ports/gtk3/portfile.cmake
index f296a95033a853..cad4bcba97a2af 100644
--- a/ports/gtk3/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/gtk3/portfile.cmake
@@ -25,9 +25,26 @@ vcpkg_add_to_path("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/")
 vcpkg_add_to_path("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gdk-pixbuf")
 vcpkg_add_to_path("${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gettext/bin")
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=false)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=true)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=false)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
+        ${OPTIONS}
         -Dwayland_backend=false
         -Ddemos=false
         -Dexamples=false
@@ -39,13 +56,18 @@ vcpkg_configure_meson(
         -Dprofiler=false            # include tracing support for sysprof
         -Dtracker3=false            # Enable Tracker3 filechooser search
         -Dcolord=no                 # Build colord support for the CUPS printing backend
-        -Dintrospection=false
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
     ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
         "glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'"
         "glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'"
         "glib-compile-resources='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-resources${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'"
         "gdbus-codegen='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/gdbus-codegen'"
         "glib-compile-schemas='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-compile-schemas${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'"
+        "g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'"
+        "g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'"
 )
 
 # Reduce command line lengths, in particular for static windows builds.
@@ -54,7 +76,7 @@ foreach(dir IN ITEMS "${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg" "${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel")
         vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${dir}/build.ninja" "/${dir}/../src/" "/src/")
     endif()
 endforeach()
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
diff --git a/ports/gtk3/vcpkg.json b/ports/gtk3/vcpkg.json
index b0eab958213763..636da909c506b4 100644
--- a/ports/gtk3/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/gtk3/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "gtk3",
   "version": "3.24.34",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "Portable library for creating graphical user interfaces.",
   "homepage": "https://www.gtk.org/",
   "license": null,
@@ -51,5 +51,49 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "atk",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gdk-pixbuf",
+          "host": true,
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gdk-pixbuf",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "pango",
+          "default-features": false,
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
index 2a8f475abb7f4a..43a82c9f340a66 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
@@ -35,22 +35,43 @@ list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dfreetype=enabled) #Enable freetype interop helpers
     #list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS -Dgdi=enabled) # enable gdi helpers and uniscribe shaper backend (windows only)
 #endif()
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dgobject=enabled -Dintrospection=disabled)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dgobject=enabled -Dintrospection=enabled)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
 
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
         ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
         -Dcairo=disabled # Use Cairo graphics library
-        -Dintrospection=disabled # Generate gobject-introspection bindings (.gir/.typelib files)
         -Ddocs=disabled          # Generate documentation with gtk-doc
         -Dtests=disabled
         -Dbenchmark=disabled
+        ${OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
     ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
         glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'
         glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'
+        g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'
+        g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
index cadceca5db0dde..7fca3b8773742e 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "harfbuzz",
   "version": "5.3.1",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "HarfBuzz OpenType text shaping engine",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz",
   "license": "MIT-Modern-Variant",
@@ -44,6 +45,20 @@
       "dependencies": [
         "icu"
       ]
+    },
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        "glib",
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        }
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ports/pango/portfile.cmake b/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
index ee1ab01b83e0a9..c6e410ddf73ac5 100644
--- a/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/pango/portfile.cmake
@@ -10,10 +10,25 @@ vcpkg_from_gitlab(
         freetype2-pc.patch
 ) 
 
+if("introspection" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Feature introspection currently only supports dynamic build.")
+    endif()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_DEBUG -Dintrospection=disabled)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS_RELEASE -Dintrospection=enabled)
+else()
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
+endif()
+
+if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32 AND VCPKG_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "x86")
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR})
+else()
+    set(GIR_TOOL_DIR ${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR})
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_meson(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
-        -Dintrospection=disabled # Build the GObject introspection data for Pango
         -Dfontconfig=enabled # Build with FontConfig support.
         -Dsysprof=disabled # include tracing support for sysprof
         -Dlibthai=disabled # Build with libthai support
@@ -21,12 +36,19 @@ vcpkg_configure_meson(
         -Dxft=disabled # Build with xft support
         -Dfreetype=enabled # Build with freetype support
         -Dgtk_doc=false #Build API reference for Pango using GTK-Doc
+        ${OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        ${OPTIONS_DEBUG}
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${OPTIONS_RELEASE}
     ADDITIONAL_BINARIES
         "glib-genmarshal='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-genmarshal'"
         "glib-mkenums='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/glib/glib-mkenums'"
+        "g-ir-compiler='${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-compiler${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}'"
+        "g-ir-scanner='${GIR_TOOL_DIR}/tools/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner'"
 )
 
-vcpkg_install_meson()
+vcpkg_install_meson(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
 vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
 
diff --git a/ports/pango/vcpkg.json b/ports/pango/vcpkg.json
index 50d61653690bea..106b4b906b2fc4 100644
--- a/ports/pango/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/pango/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "pango",
   "version": "1.50.12",
-  "port-version": 1,
+  "port-version": 2,
   "description": "Text and font handling library.",
   "homepage": "https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pango/",
   "license": "LGPL-2.0-only",
@@ -33,5 +33,26 @@
       "name": "vcpkg-tool-meson",
       "host": true
     }
-  ]
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "introspection": {
+      "description": "build with introspection",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "host": true
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gobject-introspection",
+          "platform": "windows & x86"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "harfbuzz",
+          "features": [
+            "introspection"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/versions/a-/atk.json b/versions/a-/atk.json
index 240087fdf35b08..15a1a354c72064 100644
--- a/versions/a-/atk.json
+++ b/versions/a-/atk.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "0287be8f06bb4da8b89f9edb0aa93258c6d36f1e",
+      "version": "2.38.0",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "849d0f35a03bea3d5871f8e8bbaae5d476f20798",
       "version": "2.38.0",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 058c01298482a0..adb484df08ec14 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
     },
     "atk": {
       "baseline": "2.38.0",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "atkmm": {
       "baseline": "2.36.1",
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@
     },
     "gdk-pixbuf": {
       "baseline": "2.42.9",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "gemmlowp": {
       "baseline": "2021-09-28",
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@
     },
     "graphene": {
       "baseline": "1.10.8",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "graphicsmagick": {
       "baseline": "1.3.37",
@@ -2850,11 +2850,11 @@
     },
     "gtk": {
       "baseline": "4.6.8",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "gtk3": {
       "baseline": "3.24.34",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "gtkmm": {
       "baseline": "4.6.0",
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@
     },
     "harfbuzz": {
       "baseline": "5.3.1",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "hash-library": {
       "baseline": "8",
@@ -5766,7 +5766,7 @@
     },
     "pango": {
       "baseline": "1.50.12",
-      "port-version": 1
+      "port-version": 2
     },
     "pangolin": {
       "baseline": "0.8",
diff --git a/versions/g-/gdk-pixbuf.json b/versions/g-/gdk-pixbuf.json
index 0a1264edf1b4fb..a8ff76d0c14b9d 100644
--- a/versions/g-/gdk-pixbuf.json
+++ b/versions/g-/gdk-pixbuf.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "a2c86123a10143a8df7fe450b82a5f018a28058f",
+      "version": "2.42.9",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "830adc727c34a71a305d01d1cb77ae16d41e289a",
       "version": "2.42.9",
diff --git a/versions/g-/graphene.json b/versions/g-/graphene.json
index fa3fdd39ecd452..ace90f30986f83 100644
--- a/versions/g-/graphene.json
+++ b/versions/g-/graphene.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "e8c7b10cc1bdcca2e09b0f42da6ad645699680a9",
+      "version": "1.10.8",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "79dd231d51d71f5e0d49fbea65d88e0c1a8eb6fc",
       "version": "1.10.8",
diff --git a/versions/g-/gtk.json b/versions/g-/gtk.json
index ae1c0727c80218..f6f1792372c007 100644
--- a/versions/g-/gtk.json
+++ b/versions/g-/gtk.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "cadf0f3efc6e75b1a1978f5c29126ffaf4a75c8c",
+      "version": "4.6.8",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "e9a57d5e92147cebc6e058c9d656b8eda3aa5ea9",
       "version": "4.6.8",
diff --git a/versions/g-/gtk3.json b/versions/g-/gtk3.json
index 1bb2cd2f0c49cd..058310ffa5242e 100644
--- a/versions/g-/gtk3.json
+++ b/versions/g-/gtk3.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "0c25a1f1fc2d3f166ea007a97b845fb85769588e",
+      "version": "3.24.34",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "dfc90d235f5a782299be10c4ce655ce95622b3a2",
       "version": "3.24.34",
diff --git a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
index d4ab5645ae8dd6..e1aaa5ef24df35 100644
--- a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
+++ b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "49ecf8cf3003559031c4c0d4989ac00ac39af3f9",
+      "version": "5.3.1",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "5d634ff1c05837712e9816896ac554cdcc87322f",
       "version": "5.3.1",
diff --git a/versions/p-/pango.json b/versions/p-/pango.json
index 5034b5b0b7ad6f..6f20bb6a5a6009 100644
--- a/versions/p-/pango.json
+++ b/versions/p-/pango.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "5f1f5e6f18ba1451a6fd4dadf82463a2ac3f9326",
+      "version": "1.50.12",
+      "port-version": 2
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "c6e7634fcf1696b43f8a6ec38db946b5dd279b7c",
       "version": "1.50.12",