diff --git a/ports/directxtex/CONTROL b/ports/directxtex/CONTROL
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+Source: directxtex
+Version: dec2016
+Description: DirectXTex texture processing library
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diff --git a/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake b/ports/directxtex/portfile.cmake
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+# Common Ambient Variables:
+#   VCPKG_ROOT_DIR = <C:\path\to\current\vcpkg>
+#   TARGET_TRIPLET is the current triplet (x86-windows, etc)
+#   PORT is the current port name (zlib, etc)
+#   CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\buildtrees\${PORT}
+#   CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR  = ${VCPKG_ROOT_DIR}\packages\${PORT}_${TARGET_TRIPLET}
+#
+if (VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
+    message(STATUS "Warning: Dynamic building not supported yet. Building static.")
+    set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE static)
+endif()
+
+include(vcpkg_common_functions)
+set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/directxtex-dec2016)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://github.com/Microsoft/DirectXTex/archive/dec2016.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "directxtex-dec2016.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 87797340c40a98a7b11b6eb7da17d0b93bc01ba48deed50e99ce74e0e33387cac2ec18f2f14d0148c2a79f97ca98d6b2a228dad2f16010b6dcf03c0d24a79d20
+)
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
+
+IF (TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH MATCHES "x86")
+	SET(BUILD_ARCH "Win32")
+ELSE()
+	SET(BUILD_ARCH ${TRIPLET_SYSTEM_ARCH})
+ENDIF()
+
+vcpkg_build_msbuild(
+    PROJECT_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/DirectXTex_Desktop_2015.sln
+	PLATFORM ${BUILD_ARCH}
+)
+
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.h
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.inl
+    DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include
+)
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/DirectXTex/Bin/Desktop_2015/${BUILD_ARCH}/Debug/DirectXTex.lib
+	DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib)
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/DirectXTex/Bin/Desktop_2015/${BUILD_ARCH}/Release/DirectXTex.lib
+	DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib)
+
+set(TOOL_PATH ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/tools)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${TOOL_PATH})
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/Texdiag/Bin/Desktop_2015/${BUILD_ARCH}/Release/texdiag.exe
+	DESTINATION ${TOOL_PATH})
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/Texconv/Bin/Desktop_2015/${BUILD_ARCH}/Release/Texconv.exe
+	DESTINATION ${TOOL_PATH})
+file(INSTALL
+	${SOURCE_PATH}/Texassemble/Bin/Desktop_2015/${BUILD_ARCH}/Release/Texassemble.exe
+	DESTINATION ${TOOL_PATH})
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(COPY ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/DirectXTex)
+file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/DirectXTex/LICENSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/DirectXTex/copyright)