diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1032b6ef9..e90445c49 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,13 +186,25 @@ set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS
 	system
 	thread
 	CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
-
+if(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+	set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS}
+		boost
+		compute
+		multiprecision
+		CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
+endif(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
 if(BUILD_TESTS OR OPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS OR _IS_DEBUG OR NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     enable_testing()
-    set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS}
-        unit_test_framework
-        test_exec_monitor
-		CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
+	if(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+		set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS}
+			test
+			CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
+	else(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+		set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS}
+			unit_test_framework
+			test_exec_monitor
+			CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
+	endif(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
 endif()
 list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES _BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS)
 set(BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS} CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
@@ -240,7 +252,10 @@ add_custom_target(prerequisites)
 set_target_properties(prerequisites PROPERTIES FOLDER "util")
 
 
-if(NOT Boost_FOUND AND NOT OPENMIND_USE_CONAN)
+if(NOT Boost_FOUND
+	AND NOT OPENMIND_USE_CONAN
+	AND NOT OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG
+	)
     message("Building Boost ${OPENMIND_PREFERRED_BOOST_VERSION}")
     set(OM_BUILD_BOOST True)
 else()
@@ -369,11 +384,19 @@ if(NOT MSVC OR Boost_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1.80.0)
     set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS}
         Boost::thread)
 endif()
-set(BOOST_TEST_LINK_LIBS
-    ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS}
-    Boost::test_exec_monitor
-    Boost::unit_test_framework
-    )
+if(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+	set(BOOST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS}
+		Boost::headers
+		)
+	set(BOOST_TEST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS}
+		Boost::test
+		)
+else()
+	set(BOOST_TEST_LINK_LIBS ${BOOST_LINK_LIBS}
+		Boost::test_exec_monitor
+		Boost::unit_test_framework
+		)
+endif()
 
 IF (Boost_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Boost found:")
diff --git a/cmake/bins.cmake b/cmake/bins.cmake
index 3c35c886e..02feefec0 100644
--- a/cmake/bins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bins.cmake
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function(apply_target_commons this_target)
 			$<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:BOOST_ALL_STATIC_LINK>
 			$<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:BOOST_ALL_STATIC_LINK>
 			)
-		if(OPENMIND_USE_CONAN)
+		if(OPENMIND_USE_CONAN OR OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
 			target_compile_definitions(${this_target} PUBLIC
 				BOOST_ALL_NO_LIB
 				)
diff --git a/cmake/vcpkg.cmake b/cmake/vcpkg.cmake
index 9457fcefe..0bd75ca62 100644
--- a/cmake/vcpkg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/vcpkg.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ macro(find_vcpkg)
             )
         endif()
         if (EXISTS ${VCPKG_EXECUTABLE})
+            message("VCPKG_EXECUTABLE=${VCPKG_EXECUTABLE}")
             get_filename_component(VCPKG_ROOT ${VCPKG_EXECUTABLE} DIRECTORY)
             set(VCPKG_ROOT "${VCPKG_ROOT}" CACHE PATH "Path to vcpkg installation" FORCE)
             set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "Vcpkg toolchain file" FORCE)
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ macro(find_vcpkg)
 
     if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE})
         set(VCPKG_FOUND TRUE CACHE BOOL "VCPKG toolchain file found ${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}" FORCE)
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES "${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
-        list(APPEND CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_PLATFORM_VARIABLES CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES)
+        list(PREPEND CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES "${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}")
+        list(PREPEND CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_PLATFORM_VARIABLES CMAKE_PROJECT_TOP_LEVEL_INCLUDES)
     else()
         set(VCPKG_FOUND FALSE CACHE BOOL "VCPKG not found" FORCE)
     endif()
diff --git a/omnn/rt/CMakeLists.txt b/omnn/rt/CMakeLists.txt
index e0f49cf6b..69385814e 100644
--- a/omnn/rt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/omnn/rt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 
 set(DEPENDENCIES boost)
 if(Boost_FOUND)
-    if(NOT MSVC OR OPENMIND_USE_CONAN)
+    if(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+        set(DEPENDENCIES ${DEPENDENCIES}
+            Boost::compute
+            Boost::headers
+            Boost::filesystem
+            Boost::multiprecision
+        )
+        if(OPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS)
+            set(DEPENDENCIES ${DEPENDENCIES}
+                Boost::test
+            )
+        endif()
+    elseif(NOT MSVC OR OPENMIND_USE_CONAN)
         set(DEPENDENCIES ${DEPENDENCIES} Boost::filesystem)
         if(OPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS)
             set(DEPENDENCIES ${DEPENDENCIES}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index a2f7be5da..6a5b18d05 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -6,42 +6,17 @@
   "description": "OpenMind",
   "dependencies": [
     "boost",
-    {
-      "name": "boost-test",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-chrono",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-date-time",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-filesystem",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-iostreams",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-locale",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-serialization",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-system",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "boost-thread",
-      "version>=": "1.85.0#1"
-    },
+    "boost-chrono",
+    "boost-compute",
+    "boost-date-time",
+    "boost-filesystem",
+    "boost-iostreams",
+    "boost-locale",
+    "boost-multiprecision",
+    "boost-serialization",
+    "boost-system",
+    "boost-test",
+    "boost-thread",
     "leveldb",
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-cmake",