diff --git a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 39267cd4f2..8018695ed8 100644
--- a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 ARG VARIANT=debian-11
 FROM mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/cpp:0-${VARIANT}
 
+# [Optional] Install CMake version different from what base image has already installed. 
+# CMake reinstall choices: none, 3.21.5, 3.22.2, or versions from https://cmake.org/download/
+ARG REINSTALL_CMAKE_VERSION_FROM_SOURCE="none"
+
+# Optionally install the cmake for vcpkg
+COPY ./reinstall-cmake.sh /tmp/
+RUN if [ "${REINSTALL_CMAKE_VERSION_FROM_SOURCE}" != "none" ]; then \
+        /tmp/reinstall-cmake.sh ${REINSTALL_CMAKE_VERSION_FROM_SOURCE}; \
+    fi \
+    && rm -f /tmp/reinstall-cmake.sh
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional vcpkg ports.
+# RUN su vscode -c "${VCPKG_ROOT}/vcpkg install <your-port-name-here>"
+
 # [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional packages.
 # RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 #     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
diff --git a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base-scripts/install-vcpkg.sh b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base-scripts/install-vcpkg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..821e2b6e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base-scripts/install-vcpkg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+set -e
+
+USERNAME=${1:-"vscode"}
+
+# bionic and stretch pkg repos install cmake version < 3.15 which is required to run bootstrap-vcpkg.sh on ARM64 
+VCPKG_UNSUPPORTED_ARM64_VERSION_CODENAMES="stretch bionic"
+
+. /etc/os-release
+
+# Exit early if ARM64 OS does not have cmake version required to build Vcpkg
+if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" = "arm64" ] && [[ "${VCPKG_UNSUPPORTED_ARM64_VERSION_CODENAMES}" = *"${VERSION_CODENAME}"* ]]; then
+    echo "OS ${VERSION_CODENAME} ARM64 pkg repo installs cmake version < 3.15, which is required to build Vcpkg."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Add to bashrc/zshrc files for all users.
+updaterc()  {
+    echo "Updating /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/zsh/zshrc..."
+    if [[ "$(cat /etc/bash.bashrc)" != *"$1"* ]]; then
+        echo -e "$1" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
+    fi
+    if [ -f "/etc/zsh/zshrc" ] && [[ "$(cat /etc/zsh/zshrc)" != *"$1"* ]]; then
+        echo -e "$1" >> /etc/zsh/zshrc
+    fi
+}
+
+# Run apt-get if needed.
+apt_get_update_if_needed() {
+    if [ ! -d "/var/lib/apt/lists" ] || [ "$(ls /var/lib/apt/lists/ | wc -l)" = "0" ]; then
+        echo "Running apt-get update..."
+        apt-get update
+    else
+        echo "Skipping apt-get update."
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check if packages are installed and installs them if not.
+check_packages() {
+    if ! dpkg -s "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        apt_get_update_if_needed
+        apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends "$@"
+    fi
+}
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Install additional packages needed by vcpkg: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/README.md#installing-linux-developer-tools
+check_packages build-essential tar curl zip unzip pkg-config bash-completion ninja-build git
+
+# Setup group and add user
+umask 0002
+if ! cat /etc/group | grep -e "^vcpkg:" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    groupadd -r "vcpkg"
+fi
+usermod -a -G "vcpkg" "${USERNAME}"
+
+# Start Installation
+# Clone repository with ports and installer
+mkdir -p "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
+mkdir -p "${VCPKG_DOWNLOADS}"
+git clone --depth=1 \
+    -c core.eol=lf \
+    -c core.autocrlf=false \
+    -c fsck.zeroPaddedFilemode=ignore \
+    -c fetch.fsck.zeroPaddedFilemode=ignore \
+    -c receive.fsck.zeroPaddedFilemode=ignore \
+    https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
+
+## Run installer to get latest stable vcpkg binary
+## https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/7e7dad5fe20cdc085731343e0e197a7ae655555b/scripts/bootstrap.sh#L126-L144
+"${VCPKG_ROOT}"/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+
+# Add vcpkg to PATH
+updaterc "$(cat << EOF
+export VCPKG_ROOT="${VCPKG_ROOT}"
+if [[ "\${PATH}" != *"\${VCPKG_ROOT}"* ]]; then export PATH="\${PATH}:\${VCPKG_ROOT}"; fi
+EOF
+)"
+
+# Give read/write permissions to the user group.
+chown -R ":vcpkg" "${VCPKG_ROOT}" "${VCPKG_DOWNLOADS}"
+chmod g+r+w+s "${VCPKG_ROOT}" "${VCPKG_DOWNLOADS}"
+chmod -R g+r+w "${VCPKG_ROOT}" "${VCPKG_DOWNLOADS}"
+
+# Enable tab completion for bash and zsh
+VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 su "${USERNAME}" -c "${VCPKG_ROOT}/vcpkg integrate bash"
+VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 su "${USERNAME}" -c "${VCPKG_ROOT}/vcpkg integrate zsh"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
index c86b425a9d..98000767e1 100644
--- a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/base.Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
     && apt-get -y install build-essential cmake cppcheck valgrind clang lldb llvm gdb \
     && apt-get autoremove -y && apt-get clean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Setup ENV vars for vcpkg
+ENV VCPKG_ROOT=/usr/local/vcpkg \
+    VCPKG_DOWNLOADS=/usr/local/vcpkg-downloads
+
+ARG USERNAME=vscode
+
+# Install vcpkg itself: https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/README.md#quick-start-unix
+COPY base-scripts/install-vcpkg.sh /tmp/
+RUN /tmp/install-vcpkg.sh ${USERNAME} \
+    && rm -f /tmp/install-vcpkg.sh
+
 # [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
 # RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
 #     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
diff --git a/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/reinstall-cmake.sh b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/reinstall-cmake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c833253832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/containers/cpp/.devcontainer/reinstall-cmake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+set -e
+
+CMAKE_VERSION=${1:-"none"}
+
+if [ "${CMAKE_VERSION}" = "none" ]; then
+    echo "No CMake version specified, skipping CMake reinstallation"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Cleanup temporary directory and associated files when exiting the script.
+cleanup() {
+    EXIT_CODE=$?
+    set +e
+    if [[ -n "${TMP_DIR}" ]]; then
+        echo "Executing cleanup of tmp files"
+        rm -Rf "${TMP_DIR}"
+    fi
+    exit $EXIT_CODE
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+
+echo "Installing CMake..."
+apt-get -y purge --auto-remove cmake
+mkdir -p /opt/cmake
+
+architecture=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
+case "${architecture}" in
+    arm64)
+        ARCH=aarch64 ;;
+    amd64)
+        ARCH=x86_64 ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported architecture ${architecture}."
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+CMAKE_BINARY_NAME="cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-linux-${ARCH}.sh"
+CMAKE_CHECKSUM_NAME="cmake-${CMAKE_VERSION}-SHA-256.txt"
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d -t cmake-XXXXXXXXXX)
+
+echo "${TMP_DIR}"
+cd "${TMP_DIR}"
+
+curl -sSL "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VERSION}/${CMAKE_BINARY_NAME}" -O
+curl -sSL "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v${CMAKE_VERSION}/${CMAKE_CHECKSUM_NAME}" -O
+
+sha256sum -c --ignore-missing "${CMAKE_CHECKSUM_NAME}"
+sh "${TMP_DIR}/${CMAKE_BINARY_NAME}" --prefix=/opt/cmake --skip-license
+
+ln -s /opt/cmake/bin/cmake /usr/local/bin/cmake
diff --git a/containers/cpp/.npmignore b/containers/cpp/.npmignore
index 2b6971d690..c9b1cc1eee 100644
--- a/containers/cpp/.npmignore
+++ b/containers/cpp/.npmignore
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ test-project
 history
 definition-manifest.json
 library-scripts
+base-scripts
 .vscode
 .npmignore
diff --git a/containers/cpp/README.md b/containers/cpp/README.md
index f841b9232e..d616904b92 100644
--- a/containers/cpp/README.md
+++ b/containers/cpp/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,30 @@ See [history](history) for information on the contents of each version and [here
 
 Alternatively, you can use the contents of `base.Dockerfile` to fully customize your container's contents or to build it for a container host architecture not supported by the image.
 
-Beyond `git`, this image / `Dockerfile` includes `zsh`, [Oh My Zsh!](https://ohmyz.sh/), a non-root `vscode` user with `sudo` access, and a set of common dependencies for development.
+Beyond `git`, this image / `Dockerfile` includes `zsh`, [Oh My Zsh!](https://ohmyz.sh/), a non-root `vscode` user with `sudo` access, a set of common dependencies for development, and [Vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg) a cross-platform package manager for C++.
+
+### Using Vcpkg
+This dev container and its associated image includes a clone of the [`Vcpkg`](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg) repo for library packages, and a bootstrapped instance of the [Vcpkg-tool](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool) itself.
+
+The minimum version of `cmake` required to install packages is higher than the version available in the main package repositories for Debian (<=11) and Ubuntu (<=21.10).  `Vcpkg` will download a compatible version of `cmake` for its own use if that is the case (on x86_64 architectures), however you can opt to reinstall a different version of `cmake` globally by adding `"REINSTALL_CMAKE_VERSION_FROM_SOURCE: "<VERSION>"` to build args in `.devcontainer/devcontainer.json`. This will install `cmake` from its github releases. For example:
+
+```json
+"args": {
+   "VARIANT": "debian-11",
+   "REINSTALL_CMAKE_VERSION_FROM_SOURCE": "3.21.5"
+}
+```
+
+Most additional library packages installed using Vcpkg will be downloaded from their [official distribution locations](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg#security). To configure Vcpkg in this container to access an alternate registry, more information can be found here: [Registries: Bring your own libraries to vcpkg](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/registries-bring-your-own-libraries-to-vcpkg/).
+
+To update the available library packages, pull the latest from the git repository using the following command in the terminal:
+
+```sh
+cd "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
+git pull --ff-only
+```
+
+> Note: Please review the [Vcpkg license details](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg#license) to better understand its own license and additional license information pertaining to library packages and supported ports.
 
 ### Adding the definition to a project or codespace
 
diff --git a/containers/cpp/definition-manifest.json b/containers/cpp/definition-manifest.json
index 010af571e7..d1cdecb86f 100644
--- a/containers/cpp/definition-manifest.json
+++ b/containers/cpp/definition-manifest.json
@@ -64,10 +64,18 @@
 			"clang",
 			"lldb",
 			"llvm",
-			"gdb"
+			"gdb",
+			"tar",
+			"curl",
+			"zip",
+			"unzip",
+			"pkg-config",
+			"bash-completion",
+			"ninja-build"
 		],
 		"git": {
-			"Oh My Zsh!": "/home/vscode/.oh-my-zsh"
+			"Oh My Zsh!": "/home/vscode/.oh-my-zsh",
+			"vcpkg": "/usr/local/vcpkg"
 		},
 		"languages": {
 			"GCC": {
diff --git a/containers/cpp/test-project/test.sh b/containers/cpp/test-project/test.sh
index 3269307857..247cda8db6 100755
--- a/containers/cpp/test-project/test.sh
+++ b/containers/cpp/test-project/test.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ source test-utils.sh vscode
 # Run common tests
 checkCommon
 
+# Help determine distro
+. /etc/os-release 
+
 # Run definition specific tests
 checkExtension "ms-vscode.cpptools"
 checkOSPackages "command-line-tools" build-essential cmake cppcheck valgrind clang lldb llvm gdb
+checkOSPackages "tools-for-vcpkg" tar curl zip unzip pkg-config bash-completion
+VCPKG_UNSUPPORTED_ARM64_VERSION_CODENAMES="stretch bionic"
+if [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" = "amd64" ] || [[ ! "${VCPKG_UNSUPPORTED_ARM64_VERSION_CODENAMES}" = *"${VERSION_CODENAME}"* ]]; then
+    check "VCPKG_ROOT" [ -d "${VCPKG_ROOT}" ]
+    check "VCPKG_DOWNLOAD" [ -d "${VCPKG_DOWNLOADS}" ]
+    VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 check "vcpkg-from-root" ${VCPKG_ROOT}/vcpkg --version
+    VCPKG_FORCE_SYSTEM_BINARIES=1 check "vcpkg-from-bin" vcpkg --version
+fi 
 check "g++"  g++ -g main.cpp -o main.out
 rm main.out
 mkdir -p build