diff --git a/mob.ini b/mob.ini
index 53aaae5..1155879 100644
--- a/mob.ini
+++ b/mob.ini
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ install_licenses     =
 install_pythoncore   =
 install_translations =
 vs                   =
+vcpkg                =
 qt_install           =
 qt_bin               =
 qt_translations      =
diff --git a/src/core/conf.cpp b/src/core/conf.cpp
index 31a04a3..0ae09de 100644
--- a/src/core/conf.cpp
+++ b/src/core/conf.cpp
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ namespace mob {
         set_path_if_empty("pf_x86", find_program_files_x86);
         set_path_if_empty("pf_x64", find_program_files_x64);
         set_path_if_empty("vs", find_vs);
+        set_path_if_empty("vcpkg", []() {
+            return this_env::get().get("VCPKG_ROOT");
+        });
         set_path_if_empty("qt_install", find_qt);
         set_path_if_empty("temp_dir", find_temp_dir);
         set_path_if_empty("patches", find_in_root("patches"));
diff --git a/src/core/conf.h b/src/core/conf.h
index 2589394..c1cbcbe 100644
--- a/src/core/conf.h
+++ b/src/core/conf.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ namespace mob {
         VALUE(install_translations);
 
         VALUE(vs);
+        VALUE(vcpkg);
         VALUE(qt_install);
         VALUE(qt_bin);
         VALUE(qt_translations);
diff --git a/src/tools/cmake.cpp b/src/tools/cmake.cpp
index 5ce4194..ac2fea4 100644
--- a/src/tools/cmake.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/cmake.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ namespace mob {
                 p.arg(cmd_);
         }
 
-        p.env(env::vs(arch_).set("CXXFLAGS", "/wd4566"))
+        p.env(env::vs(arch_)
+                  .set("CXXFLAGS", "/wd4566")
+                  .set("VCPKG_ROOT", absolute(conf().path().vcpkg()).string()))
             .cwd(preset_.empty() ? build_path() : root_);
 
         execute_and_join(p);