diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d6fb37..ca689f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
+if(NOT CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+if (NOT DEFINED "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}")
+    message(WARNING "VCPKG_ROOT env var not found, install vcpkg and set the env var")
+endif()
+set(vcpkg "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake")
+if (NOT EXISTS "${vcpkg}")
+set(vcpkg "$ENV{HOME}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake")
+endif()
+if (EXISTS "${vcpkg}")
+  set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${vcpkg}"
+      CACHE FILEPATH "CMake toolchain file")
+  message(STATUS "vcpkg toolchain found: ${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
+else()
+message(STATUS "vcpkg toolchain NOT found")
+endif()
+endif()
+set(VCPKG_OVERLAY_PORTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ports/overlay")
+
 project(prometheus_disk_usage)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
@@ -7,33 +25,6 @@ set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
-include(conan.cmake)
-
-conan_cmake_configure(REQUIRES
-        fmt/6.1.2
-        boost/1.74.0
-        nlohmann_json/3.9.1
-        rapidjson/cci.20220822
-        snappy/1.1.9
-        gsl-lite/0.38.1
-        gtest/1.11.0
-        GENERATORS cmake_find_package)
-
-conan_cmake_autodetect(settings)
-
-option(CONAN_MACOS_ARM64 "Dowload (or build) MacOS Arm64 deps from conan" OFF)
-
-if(DEFINED ENV{CONAN_MACOS_ARM64})
-    if($ENV{CONAN_MACOS_ARM64} MATCHES "ON")
-        set(CONAN_MACOS_ARM64 ON)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
-if (CONAN_MACOS_ARM64)
-    set(CONAN_PROFILE_HOST_ARG "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/conan/profiles/armv8")
-else()
-    set(CONAN_PROFILE_HOST_ARG "")
-endif()
 
 
 # the pre-built fmt dep was compiled with _FORTIFY_SOURCE
@@ -48,13 +39,6 @@ if (NOT HAVE_SNPRINTF_CHK)
     add_definitions(-DFMT_HEADER_ONLY)
 endif ()
 
-
-conan_cmake_install(PATH_OR_REFERENCE .
-        BUILD missing
-        REMOTE conancenter
-        SETTINGS ${settings}
-        PROFILE_HOST ${CONAN_PROFILE_HOST_ARG})
-
 list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/ports/overlay/python3/portfile.cmake b/ports/overlay/python3/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..065116c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/overlay/python3/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
diff --git a/ports/overlay/python3/vcpkg.json b/ports/overlay/python3/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dc9fb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/overlay/python3/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "name": "python3",
+    "version": "3.11.8",
+    "port-version": 0,
+    "features": {
+        "ssl": {
+            "description": ""
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/pdu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pdu/CMakeLists.txt
index 661366f..39aab46 100644
--- a/src/pdu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pdu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS program_options filesystem iostreams)
 find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
 find_package(nlohmann_json REQUIRED)
 find_package(Snappy REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/pypdu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pypdu/CMakeLists.txt
index 9772961..39d5ce2 100644
--- a/src/pypdu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pypdu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(pypdu)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
-find_package(RapidJSON)
+find_package(RapidJSON CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_subdirectory(../../third_party/pybind11 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pybind11)
 pybind11_add_module(pypdu
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set_property(TARGET pypdu PROPERTY CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
 target_compile_definitions(pypdu PRIVATE VERSION_INFO=${EXAMPLE_VERSION_INFO}
                                          PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
-target_link_libraries(pypdu PUBLIC plib RapidJSON::RapidJSON)
+target_link_libraries(pypdu PUBLIC plib rapidjson)
 
 
 # determine git revision
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50b270f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "default-registry": {
+    "kind": "git",
+    "baseline": "7adc2e4d49e8d0efc07a369079faa6bc3dbb90f3",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+  },
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "kind": "artifact",
+      "location": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-ce-catalog/archive/refs/heads/main.zip",
+      "name": "microsoft"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03d8492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "fmt",
+      "version>=": "6.1.2"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "boost",
+      "version>=": "1.85.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "boost-program-options",
+      "version>=": "1.85.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "nlohmann-json",
+      "version>=": "3.9.1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "rapidjson",
+      "version>=": "cci.20220822"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "snappy",
+      "version>=": "1.1.9"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "gsl-lite",
+      "version>=": "0.38.1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "gtest",
+      "version>=": "1.11.0"
+    }
+  ],
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "name": "fmt",
+      "version": "6.1.2"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "boost",
+      "version": "1.85.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "boost-program-options",
+      "version": "1.85.0#2"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "nlohmann-json",
+      "version": "3.9.1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "rapidjson",
+      "version": "2023-07-17#1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "snappy",
+      "version": "1.1.9"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "gsl-lite",
+      "version": "0.38.1"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "gtest",
+      "version": "1.11.0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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