diff --git a/ports/kwsys/portfile.cmake b/ports/kwsys/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b676a4a13d53e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/kwsys/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+vcpkg_fail_port_install(ON_TARGET "UWP")
+
+vcpkg_from_gitlab(
+    GITLAB_URL https://gitlab.kitware.com
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO utils/kwsys
+    REF  dbc94f37f9821899aad441bcab525ad96a3f30dc #2021-08-06
+    SHA512 98441866fd51f2d4d3974d3c37d4456ce9e50c6f6c2ab0691e55b268907611ef061562fc30b1baa42aa195caf2281aa0e1e0799abc545fe6dae70efe2050ea50
+    HEAD_REF master
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+	SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+	OPTIONS
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/include
+    OPTIONS_RELEASE
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_BIN_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_LIB_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+		-DKWSYS_INSTALL_BIN_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin
+    -DKWSYS_INSTALL_LIB_DIR=${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/Copyright.txt" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/kwsys/vcpkg.json b/ports/kwsys/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b45350d738d937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/kwsys/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "kwsys",
+  "version-date": "2021-08-06",
+  "description": "Provides platform-independent APIs to many common system features",
+  "homepage": "https://gitlab.kitware.com/utils/kwsys",
+  "supports": "!uwp",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index acc43183f30e17..3568f7f13c3997 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3004,6 +3004,10 @@
       "baseline": "2019-08-06",
       "port-version": 0
     },
+    "kwsys": {
+      "baseline": "2021-08-06",
+      "port-version": 0
+    },
     "lapack": {
       "baseline": "3",
       "port-version": 1
diff --git a/versions/k-/kwsys.json b/versions/k-/kwsys.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fd3fb9fa7a6304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/versions/k-/kwsys.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "376ae3a199ad4fdaad235b6e01b92ed217388550",
+      "version-date": "2021-08-06",
+      "port-version": 0
+    }
+  ]
+}