diff --git a/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/CMakeLists.txt b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/CMakeLists.txt
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index 00000000000..66dd00be7e8
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+++ b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+
+# set the project name and version
+project(nlp-engine)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+
+find_package(ICU REQUIRED COMPONENTS data i18n io tu uc)
+
+include_directories(cs/include)
+include_directories(include)
+include_directories(include/Api)
+include_directories(include/Api/lite)
+include_directories(${ICU_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_subdirectory(cs)
+add_subdirectory(src)
+
+install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include" DESTINATION "." FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
+
+add_definitions( -DLITE_EXPORTS )
+if(WIN32)
+  add_definitions( -DMSVC_VERSION=${MSVC_VERSION} -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS )
+else()
+  add_definitions( -DLINUX -Wno-write-strings -Wno-deprecated )
+endif()
+
+file(GLOB lite_src "lite/*.h" "lite/*.cpp")
+add_library(nlp-engine SHARED ${lite_src})
+target_link_libraries(nlp-engine PRIVATE 
+  prim
+  kbm
+  consh
+  words
+  ${ICU_LIBRARIES}
+)
+
+target_include_directories(nlp-engine
+  INTERFACE
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/Api/lite>
+  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/Api>
+)
+
+install(TARGETS nlp-engine 
+  EXPORT nlp-engine-config
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+)
+
+install(EXPORT nlp-engine-config
+  FILE nlp-engine-config.cmake
+  DESTINATION share/cmake/nlp-engine
+)
+
+install(
+  DIRECTORY ./analyzers
+  DESTINATION share/nlp-engine
+  COMPONENT Runtime
+)
+
+install(
+  DIRECTORY ./data
+  DESTINATION share/nlp-engine
+  COMPONENT Runtime
+)
diff --git a/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/portfile.cmake b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae931ff004c
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+++ b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+  REPO VisualText/nlp-engine
+  REF v${VERSION}
+  SHA512 a6871cb3db10a1d4bd7d5290141a82e788269da28b2d995963825dc4c50025e6099f5f872e4538054b7fb169773b6d6d3e73e3dd102bc3e0cbb5bddcd95ae484
+  HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH ANALYZER_PATH
+  REPO VisualText/analyzers
+  REF v1.6.2
+  SHA512 07479c8ba1f36c3a0bb035af7414e96ce1477ffaa8a276256fc3749d169c0bb99f9ac9ad5c9b5b0868d634644013c46643a90598dd465e4f16bbe82a47ac60fe
+  HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+  OUT_SOURCE_PATH PARSE_EN_US_PATH
+  REPO VisualText/parse-en-us
+  REF v1.1.1
+  SHA512 1aa01c0befe82b8fe415576ae992b0b60fe51b816e93fd8f45da4c5ccacc3dc87c21373ba001cf0d0c503131b4b83346e86f1522795901bbceb07c63a52d6294
+  HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakeLists.txt DESTINATION ${SOURCE_PATH})
+file(COPY "${ANALYZER_PATH}/." DESTINATION "${SOURCE_PATH}/analyzers" PATTERN "*.*")
+file(COPY "${PARSE_EN_US_PATH}/." DESTINATION "${SOURCE_PATH}/analyzers/parse-en-us" PATTERN "*.*")
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+)
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(PACKAGE_NAME "nlp-engine" CONFIG_PATH "share/cmake/nlp-engine")
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
+
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f58aab2fe7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg_overlays/nlp-engine/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "name": "nlp-engine",
+  "version-semver": "2.10.6",
+  "port-version": 0,
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/VisualText/nlp-engine",
+  "description": "The NLP engine is a cross-platform text analysis tool that can be accessed through a command line executable or by calling its C++ functions from another language.",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "icu",
+      "features": [
+        "tools"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
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