diff --git a/ports/plplot/cmake-config.diff b/ports/plplot/cmake-config.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5e69950b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/plplot/cmake-config.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index e29c43d..7063e4c 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ endif(USE_DLL_SUBDIRECTORY)
+ # Prior to processing directories must initialize exports of installed targets.
+ 
+ # Install CMake package config file which handles all those exports.
+-install(FILES plplotConfig.cmake DESTINATION ${LIB_DIR}/cmake/plplot)
++configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/plplotConfig.cmake" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/plplotConfig.cmake" @ONLY)
++install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/plplotConfig.cmake" DESTINATION ${LIB_DIR}/cmake/plplot)
+ 
+ # Initialize the plplot_exports.cmake file which is appended to by CMake logic
+ # to install and export targets that is indirectly executed by the add_subdirectory commands below.
+diff --git a/plplotConfig.cmake b/plplotConfig.cmake
+index 677faec..fe6d2ca 100644
+--- a/plplotConfig.cmake
++++ b/plplotConfig.cmake
+@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
++if(NOT "@BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@")
++  include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
++  if("@ENABLE_wxwidgets@")
++    find_dependency(wxWidgets)
++  endif()
++endif()
++
+ if(ANY_QT_DEVICE AND PLPLOT_USE_QT5)
+   # Find Qt5 components that we need to link applications against
+   # the plplot library (if ENABLE_DYNDRIVERS is false) and which we
diff --git a/ports/plplot/host-tool.cmake b/ports/plplot/host-tool.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..922ee81a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/plplot/host-tool.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+if(NOT TARGET @name@)
+    add_executable(@name@ IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(@name@ PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@name@@VCPKG_TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX@"
+    )
+endif()
diff --git a/ports/plplot/pkg_config_link_flags.diff b/ports/plplot/pkg_config_link_flags.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb23f4e89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/plplot/pkg_config_link_flags.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/modules/pkg-config.cmake b/cmake/modules/pkg-config.cmake
+index a0ca6b2..32e8566 100644
+--- a/cmake/modules/pkg-config.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/pkg-config.cmake
+@@ -194,10 +194,14 @@ function(pkg_config_link_flags link_flags_out link_flags_in)
+   # Linux, Mac OS X, and MinGW/MSYS but it may need some
+   # generalization on other platforms such as Cygwin.
+ 
++  set(prefix_literal "lib")
+   if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+     set(suffix_pattern "(\\.so.*|\\.a)")
+   elseif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
+     set(suffix_pattern "(\\.so.*|\\.a|\\.dylib)")
++  elseif(MSVC)
++    set(prefix_literal "")
++    set(suffix_pattern "(\\.[Ll][Ii][Bb])")
+   elseif(WIN32_OR_CYGWIN)
+     # Order is important here.
+     set(suffix_pattern "(\\.dll\\.a|\\.a)")
+@@ -210,12 +214,35 @@ function(pkg_config_link_flags link_flags_out link_flags_in)
+   set(_link_flags)
+   foreach(link_flag IN LISTS link_flags)
+     #message(STATUS "link_flag = ${link_flag}")
++    if(TARGET "${link_flag}")
++      string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" config)
++      foreach(key IN ITEMS IMPORTED_IMPLIB_${config} IMPORTED_LOCATION_${config} IMPORTED_IMPLIB IMPORTED_LOCATION)
++        get_target_property(lib "${link_flag}" "${key}")
++        if(lib)
++          set(link_flag "${lib}")
++          break()
++        endif()
++      endforeach()
++      # sorry, no transitive deps for now.
++    endif()
+     if(WIN32_OR_CYGWIN)
+       # Look for colon-delimited drive-letter form on these platforms.
+-      string(REGEX REPLACE "^([a-zA-Z]:/.*)/lib(.*)${suffix_pattern}$" "-L\"\\1\" -l\\2" link_flag "${link_flag}")
+     endif(WIN32_OR_CYGWIN)
+     # Look for form starting with "/" on all platforms.
+-    string(REGEX REPLACE "^(/.*)/lib(.*)${suffix_pattern}$" "-L\"\\1\" -l\\2" link_flag "${link_flag}")
++    if(link_flag MATCHES "^([a-zA-Z]:/.*|/.*)/${prefix_literal}(.+)${suffix_pattern}$")
++      if(CMAKE_MATCH_2 IN_LIST CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES)
++        continue()
++      endif()
++      set(link_flag "-l${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
++      if(NOT CMAKE_MATCH_1 IN_LIST CMAKE_C_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES)
++        set(lib_dir_flag "-L\"${CMAKE_MATCH_1}\"")
++        if(NOT lib_dir_flag IN_LIST _link_flags)
++          list(APPEND _link_flags "${lib_dir_flag}")
++        endif()
++      endif()
++    elseif(NOT link_flag MATCHES "^-|/")  # e.g. 'm'
++      set(link_flag "-l${link_flag}")
++    endif()
+     #message(STATUS "(-L form of link_flag = ${link_flag}")
+     list(APPEND _link_flags ${link_flag})
+   endforeach(link_flag IN LISTS link_flags)
+@@ -290,6 +317,7 @@ macro(cmake_link_flags _link_flags_out _link_flags_in)
+     #message("_link_directory_list = ${_link_directory_list}")
+     #message("_link_flags_list (without -L options) = ${_link_flags_list}")
+ 
++    string(REPLACE "-framework;" "-framework " _link_flags_list "${_link_flags_list}")
+     # Derive ${_link_flags_out} from _link_flags_list with -l options
+     # replaced by complete pathname of library.
+     list(LENGTH _link_flags_list _link_flags_length)
diff --git a/ports/plplot/pkgconfig-template.diff b/ports/plplot/pkgconfig-template.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d123bbd24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/plplot/pkgconfig-template.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/pkgcfg/plplot-template.pc.in b/pkgcfg/plplot-template.pc.in
+index 7c1310e..4656c03 100644
+--- a/pkgcfg/plplot-template.pc.in
++++ b/pkgcfg/plplot-template.pc.in
+@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+-libdir=@LIB_DIR@
++prefix=${pcfiledir}/../..
++libdir=${prefix}/@LIB_DIR@
+ includedir=@INCLUDE_DIR@
+-drvdir=@LIB_DIR@/plplot@PLPLOT_VERSION@/drivers
++drvdir=${prefix}/@LIB_DIR@/plplot@PLPLOT_VERSION@/drivers
+ 
+ Name: PLplot @PC_SHORT_NAME@
+ Description: Scientific plotting library (@PC_PRECISION@@PC_LONG_NAME@)
diff --git a/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake b/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
index 6f1264f856..5888091149 100644
--- a/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/plplot/portfile.cmake
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ vcpkg_from_sourceforge(
     FILENAME "plplot-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
     SHA512 54533245569b724a7ef90392cc6e9ae65873e6cbab923df0f841c8b43def5e4307690894c7681802209bd3c8df97f54285310a706428f79b3340cce3207087c8
     PATCHES
-        subdirs.patch
-        install-interface-include-directories.patch
-        use-math-h-nan.patch
+        cmake-config.diff
         fix-pc-absolute.patch
+        install-interface-include-directories.patch
+        pkg_config_link_flags.diff
+        pkgconfig-template.diff
+        subdirs.patch
+        use-math-h-nan.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_check_features(
@@ -22,6 +25,14 @@ vcpkg_check_features(
         x11       CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_X11
 )
 
+if(VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS "-DCMAKE_NATIVE_BINARY_DIR=${CURRENT_HOST_INSTALLED_DIR}/manual-tools/${PORT}")
+    # Necessary to skip a try_run which isn't used anyways due to PL_HAVE_QHULL=OFF
+    list(APPEND FEATURE_OPTIONS "-DNaNAwareCCompiler=ON")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PKGCONFIG)
+
 vcpkg_cmake_configure(
     SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
     OPTIONS
@@ -37,6 +48,8 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
         -DPLD_aqt=OFF   # needs aquaterm framework
         -DPLD_pdf=OFF   # needs haru
         -DPLD_psttf=OFF # needs lasi (in addition to pango)
+        -DPLD_psttfc=OFF # needs lasi (in addition to pango)
+        "-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=${PKGCONFIG}"
         ${FEATURE_OPTIONS}
         -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Perl=ON
         -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_SWIG=ON
@@ -56,8 +69,8 @@ vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
 if("wxwidgets" IN_LIST FEATURES)
     file(GLOB pkg_files "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc")
-    foreach(pkg_file IN ITEMS ${pkg_files})
-        vcpkg_replace_string("${pkg_file}" "${prefix}/lib/mswu" "${prefix}/lib/mswud" IGNORE_UNCHANGED)
+    foreach(pkg_file IN LISTS pkg_files)
+        vcpkg_replace_string("${pkg_file}" [[${prefix}/lib/mswu]] [[${prefix}/lib/mswud]] IGNORE_UNCHANGED)
     endforeach()
 endif()
 
@@ -66,6 +79,24 @@ file(REMOVE_RECURSE
     "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share"
 )
 
+if(NOT VCPKG_CROSSCOMPILING)
+    function(copy_tool name subdir cmake_name)
+        vcpkg_copy_tools(
+            TOOL_NAMES "${name}"
+            SEARCH_DIR "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/${subdir}"
+            DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/manual-tools/${PORT}/${subdir}"
+        )
+        configure_file(
+            "${CURRENT_PORT_DIR}/host-tool.cmake"
+            "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/manual-tools/${PORT}/${subdir}/${cmake_name}"
+            @ONLY
+        )
+    endfunction()
+    copy_tool(plhershey-unicode-gen "include" "ImportExecutables.cmake")
+    copy_tool(tai-utc-gen "lib/qsastime" "tai-utc-gen.cmake")
+    copy_tool(deltaT-gen "lib/qsastime" "deltaT-gen.cmake")
+endif()
+
 file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
 vcpkg_install_copyright(
     FILE_LIST
diff --git a/ports/plplot/usage b/ports/plplot/usage
index 1af1eaeb6c..3b61041451 100644
--- a/ports/plplot/usage
+++ b/ports/plplot/usage
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 plplot provides CMake targets:
 
-    find_package(plplot CONFIG REQUIRED)
-    # C API, PLplot Core Library
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplot)
-    # C++ binding
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplotcxx)
-    # wxWidgets GUI binding (optional, feature "wxwidgets")
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplotwxwidgets)
-    # CSIRO Cubic Spline Approximation Library
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::csirocsa)
-    # QSAS Time Format Conversion Library
-    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::qsastime)
+  find_package(plplot CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  # C API, PLplot Core Library
+  target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplot)
+  # C++ binding
+  target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplotcxx)
+  # wxWidgets GUI binding (optional, feature "wxwidgets")
+  target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::plplotwxwidgets)
+  # CSIRO Cubic Spline Approximation Library
+  target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::csirocsa)
+  # QSAS Time Format Conversion Library
+  target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PLPLOT::qsastime)
 
 plplot provides pkg-config modules:
 
diff --git a/ports/plplot/vcpkg.json b/ports/plplot/vcpkg.json
index 4cbff333fe..9a1c2f3eb8 100644
--- a/ports/plplot/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/plplot/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "plplot",
   "version-semver": "5.15.0",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "PLplot is a cross-platform software package for creating scientific plots whose (UTF-8) plot symbols and text are limited in practice only by what Unicode-aware system fonts are installed on a user's computer.",
   "homepage": "https://plplot.sourceforge.net/",
   "license": null,
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
       "default-features": false
     },
     "pango",
+    {
+      "name": "plplot",
+      "host": true
+    },
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
       "host": true
diff --git a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
index 82f9c7b77a..071ba7d025 100644
--- a/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci.baseline.txt
@@ -817,11 +817,6 @@ platform-folders:x64-uwp=fail
 plib:arm-neon-android=fail
 plib:arm64-android=fail
 plib:x64-android=fail
-plplot:arm-neon-android=fail
-plplot:arm64-android=fail
-plplot:arm64-windows-static-md=fail
-plplot:arm64-windows=fail
-plplot:x64-android=fail
 pmdk:x64-android=fail
 pmdk:x64-osx=fail
 pmdk:x64-windows-static=fail
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/portfile.cmake b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69f16aebda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+set(VCPKG_POLICY_EMPTY_PACKAGE enabled)
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PKGCONFIG)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${CURRENT_PORT_DIR}/project"
+    OPTIONS
+        ${options}
+        "-DPKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE=${PKGCONFIG}"
+)
+vcpkg_cmake_build()
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e77cc8f758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.30)
+project(plplot-test C CXX)
+
+find_package(plplot CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable(main main.c)
+target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE
+    PLPLOT::plplot
+)
+target_compile_definitions(main PRIVATE USING_CMAKE)
+
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(plplot_pc plplot REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET)
+
+add_executable(main-pkconfig main.c)
+target_link_libraries(main-pkconfig PRIVATE
+    PkgConfig::plplot_pc
+)
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/main.c b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2d4cd84cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/project/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+#ifdef USING_CMAKE
+#include <plplot/plplot.h>
+#else
+#include <plplot.h>
+#endif
+
+int main()
+{
+    PLFLT x[5], y[5];
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
+    {
+        x[i] = 0.25 * (PLFLT)(i);
+        y[i] = 2.0 * x[i];
+    }
+
+    plinit();
+    plenv(0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 2.0, 0, 0);
+    pllab("x", "y", "2D line plot");
+    plline(5, x, y);
+    plend();
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/vcpkg.json b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4e41f0534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test_ports/vcpkg-ci-plplot/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "name": "vcpkg-ci-plplot",
+  "version-string": "ci",
+  "description": "Port to force features of plplot within CI",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "plplot",
+      "default-features": false
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "default-features": [
+    "all"
+  ],
+  "features": {
+    "all": {
+      "description": "Test all features",
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "name": "plplot",
+          "features": [
+            "wxwidgets"
+          ],
+          "platform": "!android"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 8f9d882a1a..6eb6e4e61f 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -7198,7 +7198,7 @@
     },
     "plplot": {
       "baseline": "5.15.0",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "plustache": {
       "baseline": "0.4.0",
diff --git a/versions/p-/plplot.json b/versions/p-/plplot.json
index faea6279ec..3d5409cfee 100644
--- a/versions/p-/plplot.json
+++ b/versions/p-/plplot.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "658102e460a970de4035cbd46f6cc22901023a18",
+      "version-semver": "5.15.0",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "e876a75a0e8e457fe3a268002e1cae2390982a6d",
       "version-semver": "5.15.0",