diff --git a/examples/vcpkg_example_chat/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/vcpkg_example_chat/CMakeLists.txt
index 4419c76..264a9ee 100644
--- a/examples/vcpkg_example_chat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/vcpkg_example_chat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,11 @@ add_executable(
 	example_chat
 	../example_chat.cpp)
 
-# This example links GameNetworkingSockets as a shared lib.
-target_link_libraries(example_chat GameNetworkingSockets::shared)
+# Link against shared or static depending on how vcpkg built the library.
+# Pass -DGNS_LINK_STATIC=ON to link statically (e.g. with x64-windows-static triplet).
+option(GNS_LINK_STATIC "Link GameNetworkingSockets statically" OFF)
+if(GNS_LINK_STATIC)
+	target_link_libraries(example_chat GameNetworkingSockets::static)
+else()
+	target_link_libraries(example_chat GameNetworkingSockets::shared)
+endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index c73b1e5..2452cd4 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
 	"description": "A basic transport layer for games.",
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets",
 	"builtin-baseline": "522253caf47268c1724f486a035e927a42a90092",
-	"dependencies": [ "protobuf", "openssl" ],
+	"dependencies": [
+		"protobuf",
+		"openssl",
+		{ "name": "vcpkg-cmake", "host": true },
+		{ "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config", "host": true }
+	],
 	"default-features": [ "openssl" ],
 	"features": {
 		"openssl": {
diff --git a/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/portfile.cmake
index 5603bce..0765e82 100644
--- a/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/portfile.cmake
+++ b/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-set(SOURCE_PATH ".")
+# For local testing only -- points at the repo root instead of downloading a release.
+# The official vcpkg portfile replaces this line with vcpkg_from_github(...).
+get_filename_component(SOURCE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../.." ABSOLUTE)
 
 # Select crypto backend based on the selected crypto "feature"
 # WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS.
@@ -6,9 +8,12 @@ set(SOURCE_PATH ".")
 if ("libsodium" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     set(CRYPTO_BACKEND "libsodium")
 endif()
-if ("bcrypt" IN_LIST FEATURES)
-    set(CRYPTO_BACKEND "BCrypt")
-endif()
+# BCrypt is not supported as a vcpkg feature because it is only used for Xbox,
+# which does not use vcpkg.  If you want to use this for some reason, you'll
+# need to configure and build yourself.
+#if ("bcrypt" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+#    set(CRYPTO_BACKEND "BCrypt")
+#endif()
 if ( ( "${CRYPTO_BACKEND}" STREQUAL "" ) OR ( "openssl" IN_LIST FEATURES ) )
     set(CRYPTO_BACKEND "OpenSSL")
 endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/vcpkg.json
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..fa268e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg_ports/gamenetworkingsockets/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../vcpkg.json
\ No newline at end of file