diff --git a/.github/actions/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
index c0068299..545416ad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ runs:
     - uses: lukka/get-cmake@v3.30.1
 
     - uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
+      with:
+        vcpkgJsonGlob: './vcpkg.json'
+
 
     - uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d21b3b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "overlay-ports": ["./vcpkg-overlays" ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-crt-linkage.patch b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-crt-linkage.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d674426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-crt-linkage.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+index 98b51eb..0243b80 100644
+--- a/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ if(MSVC)
+   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /wd4267 /wd4244")
+   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /wd4267 /wd4244")
+ 
+-  # Allow matching protobuf runtime dependency
+-  if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+-    set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+-  endif(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+-
+ endif()
+ 
+ get_filename_component(MAIN_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PATH)
+@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ if(BUILD_PROTOC)
+   include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}) # for generated files
+ endif()
+ 
+-if(MSVC AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
++if (0)
+   # In case we are building static libraries, link also the runtime library
+   # statically so that MSVCR*.DLL is not required at runtime.
+   # https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2kzt1wy3.aspx This is achieved by
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-dependency-protobuf.patch b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-dependency-protobuf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fd8c7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/fix-dependency-protobuf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+index ba0b730..a5161cf 100644
+--- a/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/build-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ if(MSVC AND NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+   set(Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+ endif()
+ 
+-find_package(Protobuf CONFIG)
++find_package(Protobuf CONFIG)
+ if(Protobuf_FOUND)
+   # Keep compatibility with FindProtobuf CMake module
+   set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE $<TARGET_FILE:protobuf::protoc>)
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bcf223f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO protobuf-c/protobuf-c
+    REF v${VERSION}
+    SHA512 009b8f45aade52cccf3177de88a5357c72b1626b8d07acee17da5ad1ed0e9f6a2e24d921e673b14323331e3b25fe2556f49b437d5e071e77c385efdd72ea5fe3
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+        fix-crt-linkage.patch
+        fix-dependency-protobuf.patch
+)
+
+vcpkg_check_features(OUT_FEATURE_OPTIONS FEATURE_OPTIONS
+    FEATURES
+        tools BUILD_PROTOC
+        test  BUILD_TESTS
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}/build-cmake"
+    DISABLE_PARALLEL_CONFIGURE
+    OPTIONS ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install(ADD_BIN_TO_PATH)
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+if("tools" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    vcpkg_copy_tools(
+        TOOL_NAMES protoc-gen-c
+        AUTO_CLEAN
+    )
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/protobuf-c")
+
+# Include files should not be duplicated into the /debug/include directory.
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+# Remove duplicate PDB files (vcpkg_copy_pdbs already copied them to "bin")
+file(REMOVE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/protobuf-c.pdb")
+file(REMOVE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/protobuf-c.pdb")
+if(NOT VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin")
+endif()
+
+# Handle copyright
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35067ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-overlays/protobuf-c/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{
+  "name": "protobuf-c",
+  "version-semver": "1.5.1",
+  "description": "This is protobuf-c, a C implementation of the Google Protocol Buffers data serialization format.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "test": {
+      "description": "Build test project.",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "protobuf-c",
+          "features": [
+            "tools"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "tools": {
+      "description": "Build tools (protoc-gen-c).",
+      "supports": "!uwp"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 57d6b377..7ea55a4e 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@
       ]
     }
   },
-  "builtin-baseline": "b322364f06308bdd24823f9d8f03fe0cc86fd46f"
+  "builtin-baseline": "b02e341c927f16d991edbd915d8ea43eac52096c"
 }