diff --git a/ports/uchardet/CONTROL b/ports/uchardet/CONTROL
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+Source: uchardet
+Version: 2020-04-26
+Description: An encoding detector library ported from Mozilla
+Homepage: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/uchardet/uchardet/
+
+Feature: tool
+Description: Build uchardet CLI tool
+Build-Depends: getopt
diff --git a/ports/uchardet/portfile.cmake b/ports/uchardet/portfile.cmake
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+vcpkg_from_git(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    URL https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/uchardet/uchardet
+    REF 8681fc060ea07f646434cd2d324e4a5aa7c495c4
+)
+
+vcpkg_check_features(
+    OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
+    tool BUILD_BINARY
+)
+
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" BUILD_STATIC)
+
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_UWP)
+    # uchardet calls `fopen` and `strdup`, which makes UWP unhappy.
+    set(VCPKG_C_FLAGS "${VCPKG_C_FLAGS} -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE")
+    set(VCPKG_CXX_FLAGS "${VCPKG_CXX_FLAGS} -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        -DBUILD_BINARY=OFF
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+        ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
+    OPTIONS
+        -DBUILD_STATIC=${BUILD_STATIC}
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+if(tool IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    file(COPY
+        ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/uchardet${VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}
+        DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT}
+    )
+
+    vcpkg_copy_tool_dependencies(${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools/${PORT})
+endif()
+
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
+    file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
+else()
+    file(REMOVE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/uchardet${VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX})
+endif()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share
+    ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/man
+)
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)