diff --git a/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake b/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
index d4022d721e..f9362db458 100644
--- a/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libconfig/portfile.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     HEAD_REF master
     PATCHES
         libconfig++-cmake-export.diff
+        static-build.diff
 )
 
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
diff --git a/ports/libconfig/static-build.diff b/ports/libconfig/static-build.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b1a0f420c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/libconfig/static-build.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+index 233c89f..8164b41 100644
+--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ set(libinc_cpp
+     libconfig.hh)
+ 
+ set(libsrc_cpp
+-    ${libsrc}
+     libconfigcpp.cc)
+ 
+ if(MSVC)
+@@ -55,8 +54,10 @@ set_target_properties(${libname}++
+ #check_symbol_exists(freelocale "locale.h" HAVE_FREELOCALE)
+ 
+ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
++    target_sources(${libname}++ PRIVATE ${libsrc})
+     target_compile_definitions(${libname}++ PRIVATE LIBCONFIG_STATIC)
+ else()
++    target_link_libraries(${libname}++ PRIVATE ${libname})
+     target_compile_definitions(${libname} PUBLIC LIBCONFIG_STATIC)
+     target_compile_definitions(${libname}++ PUBLIC LIBCONFIGXX_STATIC)
+ endif()
+@@ -91,8 +92,8 @@ if(MSVC)
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(WIN32)
+-    target_link_libraries(${libname} shlwapi)
+-    target_link_libraries(${libname}++ shlwapi)
++    target_link_libraries(${libname} PRIVATE  shlwapi)
++    target_link_libraries(${libname}++ PRIVATE shlwapi)
+ endif()
+ 
+ target_include_directories(${libname}
diff --git a/ports/libconfig/vcpkg.json b/ports/libconfig/vcpkg.json
index 794e91f464..fba3d05e5d 100644
--- a/ports/libconfig/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/libconfig/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "libconfig",
   "version": "1.7.3",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "C/C++ library for processing configuration files",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig",
   "dependencies": [
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 0aaee08bb9..aa67dd70c6 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -4130,7 +4130,7 @@
     },
     "libconfig": {
       "baseline": "1.7.3",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "libconfuse": {
       "baseline": "2019-07-14",
diff --git a/versions/l-/libconfig.json b/versions/l-/libconfig.json
index 38ee00e469..c140962e03 100644
--- a/versions/l-/libconfig.json
+++ b/versions/l-/libconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "bb011bd374885434cf90d445526e42aca185c1e7",
+      "version": "1.7.3",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "378d40ce036cf220dfaedf27f625a28d6e72d3e9",
       "version": "1.7.3",