diff --git a/ports/nowide/CONTROL b/ports/nowide/CONTROL
index 78de4cf19ccbda..19327d7b59eeca 100644
--- a/ports/nowide/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/nowide/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 Source: nowide
-Version: alias
+Version: 10.0.1
 Homepage: https://github.com/boostorg/nowide
-Build-Depends: boost-nowide
-Description: Deprecated alias for Boost nowide module
+Description: Boost nowide module (standalone)
diff --git a/ports/nowide/portfile.cmake b/ports/nowide/portfile.cmake
index 9aefc82414d125..132f4bcf9d46e7 100644
--- a/ports/nowide/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/nowide/portfile.cmake
@@ -1 +1,24 @@
-set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
+    URLS "https://github.com/boostorg/nowide/releases/download/v10.0.1/nowide_standalone_v10.0.1.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "nowide_standalone_v10.0.1.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 b349983127532fcfcb2bd29ce327634ea8d980e1da6a67fe44d0a5761a81c6cc78e518439970099b155732c3edb0fa8f1f1a1df5018d59b8cb699626c121f95e
+)
+
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive_ex(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE}
+)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+vcpkg_fixup_cmake_targets(CONFIG_PATH lib/cmake/nowide TARGET_PATH share/${PORT})
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)