diff --git a/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake b/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
index 29beedf3aa..a012e450ef 100644
--- a/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/abseil/portfile.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ if("cxx17" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     set(ABSL_USE_CXX17_OPTION "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17")
 endif()
 
+set(ABSL_TEST_HELPERS_OPTIONS "")
+if("test-helpers" IN_LIST FEATURES)
+    set(ABSL_TEST_HELPERS_OPTIONS "-DABSL_BUILD_TEST_HELPERS=ON" "-DABSL_USE_EXTERNAL_GOOGLETEST=ON" "-DABSL_FIND_GOOGLETEST=ON")
+endif()
+
 set(ABSL_STATIC_RUNTIME_OPTION "")
 if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS AND VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
     set(ABSL_STATIC_RUNTIME_OPTION "-DABSL_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME=ON")
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     OPTIONS
         -DABSL_PROPAGATE_CXX_STD=ON
         ${ABSL_USE_CXX17_OPTION}
+        ${ABSL_TEST_HELPERS_OPTIONS}
         ${ABSL_STATIC_RUNTIME_OPTION}
 )
 
diff --git a/ports/abseil/vcpkg.json b/ports/abseil/vcpkg.json
index 596637b60c..aa93428945 100644
--- a/ports/abseil/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/abseil/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "abseil",
   "version": "20250127.1",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": [
     "Abseil is an open-source collection of C++ library code designed to augment the C++ standard library. The Abseil library code is collected from Google's own C++ code base, has been extensively tested and used in production, and is the same code we depend on in our daily coding lives.",
     "In some cases, Abseil provides pieces missing from the C++ standard; in others, Abseil provides alternatives to the standard for special needs we've found through usage in the Google code base. We denote those cases clearly within the library code we provide you.",
@@ -21,6 +22,23 @@
   "features": {
     "cxx17": {
       "description": "Enable compiler C++17."
+    },
+    "test-helpers": {
+      "description": "Build Abseil's test helpers",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "abseil",
+          "features": [
+            "cxx17"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "gtest",
+          "features": [
+            "cxx17"
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/versions/a-/abseil.json b/versions/a-/abseil.json
index 13e872e124..15a13c7e9d 100644
--- a/versions/a-/abseil.json
+++ b/versions/a-/abseil.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "6bb28e97cced88426e3126a47e247ed65608cc86",
+      "version": "20250127.1",
+      "port-version": 1
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "0230366a6b5339adce4a78c24a6177a1165e16d2",
       "version": "20250127.1",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 0d74df08f1..5fb5a2073b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     },
     "abseil": {
       "baseline": "20250127.1",
-      "port-version": 0
+      "port-version": 1
     },
     "absent": {
       "baseline": "0.3.1",