diff --git a/ports/cpprestsdk/0002_no_websocketpp_in_uwp.patch b/ports/cpprestsdk/0002_no_websocketpp_in_uwp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab54baf01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/cpprestsdk/0002_no_websocketpp_in_uwp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/release/CMakeLists.txt b/release/CMakeLists.txt
+index fe245e6..94a5c57 100644
+--- a/release/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/release/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/Binaries)
+ 
+ # These settings can be used by the test targets
+ set(Casablanca_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+-if (NOT CPPREST_EXCLUDE_WEBSOCKETS)
++if (NOT CPPREST_EXCLUDE_WEBSOCKETS AND NOT WINDOWS_STORE AND NOT WINDOWS_PHONE)
+   find_path(WEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG websocketpp-config.cmake
+                         HINTS /usr/lib/cmake/websocketpp)
+   find_path(WEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG_VERSION websocketpp-configVersion.cmake
diff --git a/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake b/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
index f92c5147a0..2d23bf632b 100644
--- a/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/cpprestsdk/portfile.cmake
@@ -13,15 +13,21 @@ vcpkg_apply_patches(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PATCHES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0001_cmake.patch
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/0002_no_websocketpp_in_uwp.patch
 )
 
-SET(WEBSOCKETPP_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/share/websocketpp")
+set(OPTIONS)
+if(NOT VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "WindowsStore")
+    SET(WEBSOCKETPP_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/share/websocketpp")
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS
+        -DWEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG=${WEBSOCKETPP_PATH}
+        -DWEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG_VERSION=${WEBSOCKETPP_PATH})
+endif()
 
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/Release
     OPTIONS
-        -DWEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG=${WEBSOCKETPP_PATH}
-        -DWEBSOCKETPP_CONFIG_VERSION=${WEBSOCKETPP_PATH}
+        ${OPTIONS}
         -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF
         -DBUILD_SAMPLES=OFF
         -DCPPREST_EXCLUDE_WEBSOCKETS=OFF