diff --git a/lib/std/build.zig b/lib/std/build.zig
index ade3dabea3..b124b12fef 100644
--- a/lib/std/build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/build.zig
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub const Builder = struct {
     release_mode: ?builtin.Mode,
     is_release: bool,
     override_lib_dir: ?[]const u8,
-
+    vcpkg_root: VcpkgRoot,
     pkg_config_pkg_list: ?(PkgConfigError![]const PkgConfigPkg) = null,
 
     const PkgConfigError = error{
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub const Builder = struct {
             .is_release = false,
             .override_lib_dir = null,
             .install_path = undefined,
+            .vcpkg_root = VcpkgRoot{ .Unattempted = {} },
         };
         try self.top_level_steps.append(&self.install_tls);
         try self.top_level_steps.append(&self.uninstall_tls);
@@ -1047,6 +1048,7 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
     output_dir: ?[]const u8,
     need_system_paths: bool,
     is_linking_libc: bool = false,
+    vcpkg_bin_path: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
     installed_path: ?[]const u8,
     install_step: ?*InstallArtifactStep,
@@ -1265,6 +1267,11 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         // option is supplied.
         const run_step = RunStep.create(exe.builder, exe.builder.fmt("run {}", exe.step.name));
         run_step.addArtifactArg(exe);
+
+        if (exe.vcpkg_bin_path) |path| {
+            run_step.addPathDir(path);
+        }
+
         return run_step;
     }
 
@@ -1570,6 +1577,43 @@ pub const LibExeObjStep = struct {
         }) catch unreachable;
     }
 
+    /// If Vcpkg was found on the system, it will be added to include and lib
+    /// paths for the specified target.
+    pub fn addVcpkgPaths(self: *LibExeObjStep, linkage: VcpkgLinkage) !void {
+        // Ideally in the Unattempted case we would call the function recursively
+        // after findVcpkgRoot and have only one switch statement, but the compiler
+        // cannot resolve the error set.
+        switch (self.builder.vcpkg_root) {
+            .Unattempted => {
+                self.builder.vcpkg_root = if (try findVcpkgRoot(self.builder.allocator)) |root|
+                    VcpkgRoot{ .Found = root }
+                else
+                    .NotFound;
+            },
+            .NotFound => return error.VcpkgNotFound,
+            .Found => {},
+        }
+
+        switch (self.builder.vcpkg_root) {
+            .Unattempted => unreachable,
+            .NotFound => return error.VcpkgNotFound,
+            .Found => |root| {
+                const allocator = self.builder.allocator;
+                const triplet = try Target.vcpkgTriplet(allocator, self.target, linkage);
+                defer self.builder.allocator.free(triplet);
+
+                const include_path = try fs.path.join(allocator, [_][]const u8{ root, "installed", triplet, "include" });
+                errdefer allocator.free(include_path);
+                try self.include_dirs.append(IncludeDir{ .RawPath = include_path });
+
+                const lib_path = try fs.path.join(allocator, [_][]const u8{ root, "installed", triplet, "lib" });
+                try self.lib_paths.append(lib_path);
+
+                self.vcpkg_bin_path = try fs.path.join(allocator, [_][]const u8{ root, "installed", triplet, "bin" });
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn setExecCmd(self: *LibExeObjStep, args: []const ?[]const u8) void {
         assert(self.kind == Kind.Test);
         self.exec_cmd_args = args;
@@ -2342,6 +2386,42 @@ fn doAtomicSymLinks(allocator: *Allocator, output_path: []const u8, filename_maj
     };
 }
 
+/// Returned slice must be freed by the caller.
+fn findVcpkgRoot(allocator: *Allocator) !?[]const u8 {
+    const appdata_path = try fs.getAppDataDir(allocator, "vcpkg");
+    defer allocator.free(appdata_path);
+
+    const path_file = try fs.path.join(allocator, [_][]const u8{ appdata_path, "vcpkg.path.txt" });
+    defer allocator.free(path_file);
+
+    const file = fs.File.openRead(path_file) catch return null;
+    defer file.close();
+
+    const size = @intCast(usize, try file.getEndPos());
+    const vcpkg_path = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
+    const size_read = try file.read(vcpkg_path);
+    std.debug.assert(size == size_read);
+
+    return vcpkg_path;
+}
+
+const VcpkgRoot = union(VcpkgRootStatus) {
+    Unattempted: void,
+    NotFound: void,
+    Found: []const u8,
+};
+
+const VcpkgRootStatus = enum {
+    Unattempted,
+    NotFound,
+    Found,
+};
+
+pub const VcpkgLinkage = enum {
+    Static,
+    Dynamic,
+};
+
 pub const InstallDir = enum {
     Prefix,
     Lib,
diff --git a/lib/std/target.zig b/lib/std/target.zig
index 4d600d4d38..5c0ac3d905 100644
--- a/lib/std/target.zig
+++ b/lib/std/target.zig
@@ -218,6 +218,40 @@ pub const Target = union(enum) {
         );
     }
 
+    /// Returned slice must be freed by the caller.
+    pub fn vcpkgTriplet(allocator: *mem.Allocator, target: Target, linkage: std.build.VcpkgLinkage) ![]const u8 {
+        const arch = switch (target.getArch()) {
+            .i386 => "x86",
+            .x86_64 => "x64",
+
+            .arm,
+            .armeb,
+            .thumb,
+            .thumbeb,
+            .aarch64_32,
+            => "arm",
+
+            .aarch64,
+            .aarch64_be,
+            => "arm64",
+
+            else => return error.VcpkgNoSuchArchitecture,
+        };
+
+        const os = switch (target.getOs()) {
+            .windows => "windows",
+            .linux => "linux",
+            .macosx => "macos",
+            else => return error.VcpkgNoSuchOs,
+        };
+
+        if (linkage == .Static) {
+            return try mem.join(allocator, "-", [_][]const u8{ arch, os, "static" });
+        } else {
+            return try mem.join(allocator, "-", [_][]const u8{ arch, os });
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn allocDescription(self: Target, allocator: *mem.Allocator) ![]u8 {
         // TODO is there anything else worthy of the description that is not
         // already captured in the triple?