diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
index 6b7bb74ae8..eefcbdffb7 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/portfile.cmake
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ else()
     list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dintrospection=disabled)
 endif()
 
+# This option switches the link language to C++,
+# matching the C++ sources. This is necessary
+# for android-dynamic and maybe more platforms.
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_ANDROID)
+    list(APPEND OPTIONS -Dwith_libstdcxx=true)
+endif()
+
 set(cxx_link_libraries "")
 if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "static")
     block(PROPAGATE cxx_link_libraries)
diff --git a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
index 3332e9fa82..2a817e1d23 100644
--- a/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/harfbuzz/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "harfbuzz",
   "version": "14.2.0",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "HarfBuzz OpenType text shaping engine",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz",
   "license": "MIT-Modern-Variant",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 69df379387..9e3084e6f8 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3754,7 +3754,7 @@
     },
     "harfbuzz": {
       "baseline": "14.2.0",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "hash-library": {
       "baseline": "8",
diff --git a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
index 5e9090bc37..fbc097b0ac 100644
--- a/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
+++ b/versions/h-/harfbuzz.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "b1f66bbbc19c8162fd706177182059b2e9c62002",
+      "version": "14.2.0",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "8a13874241340ff2488f3ed018cdc70b0c581679",
       "version": "14.2.0",