diff --git a/overlays/thrift/correct-paths.patch b/overlays/thrift/correct-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..26c21dd02418e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/thrift/correct-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/build/cmake/GenerateConfigModule.cmake b/build/cmake/GenerateConfigModule.cmake
+index 9533c82..d074a1b 100644
+--- a/build/cmake/GenerateConfigModule.cmake
++++ b/build/cmake/GenerateConfigModule.cmake
+@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
+ 
+ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+ set(PACKAGE_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "${includedir}/thrift")
+-set(PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "${cmakedir}/thrift")
+-set(PACKAGE_BIN_INSTALL_DIR "${exec_prefix}")
++set(PACKAGE_CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR "${prefix}/share/thrift")
++set(PACKAGE_BIN_INSTALL_DIR "${prefix}/tools/thrift")
+ 
+ # In CYGWIN enviroment below commands does not work properly
+ if (NOT CYGWIN)
diff --git a/overlays/thrift/pc-suffix.patch b/overlays/thrift/pc-suffix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8fb0dc6daf0eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/thrift/pc-suffix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/lib/cpp/thrift-nb.pc.in b/lib/cpp/thrift-nb.pc.in
+index 2c6a96973..e99eff2bc 100644
+--- a/lib/cpp/thrift-nb.pc.in
++++ b/lib/cpp/thrift-nb.pc.in
+@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ Name: Thrift
+ Description: Thrift Nonblocking API
+ Version: @VERSION@
+ Requires: thrift = @VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftnb
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftnb@THRIFT_RUNTIME_POSTFIX@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}
+diff --git a/lib/cpp/thrift-qt5.pc.in b/lib/cpp/thrift-qt5.pc.in
+index a8b16663e..2720bea79 100644
+--- a/lib/cpp/thrift-qt5.pc.in
++++ b/lib/cpp/thrift-qt5.pc.in
+@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ Name: Thrift
+ Description: Thrift Qt5 API
+ Version: @VERSION@
+ Requires: thrift = @VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftqt5
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftqt5@THRIFT_RUNTIME_POSTFIX@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}
+diff --git a/lib/cpp/thrift-z.pc.in b/lib/cpp/thrift-z.pc.in
+index 467d2e11c..cde44158a 100644
+--- a/lib/cpp/thrift-z.pc.in
++++ b/lib/cpp/thrift-z.pc.in
+@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ Name: Thrift
+ Description: Thrift Zlib API
+ Version: @VERSION@
+ Requires: thrift = @VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftz
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lthriftz@THRIFT_RUNTIME_POSTFIX@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}
+diff --git a/lib/cpp/thrift.pc.in b/lib/cpp/thrift.pc.in
+index d11e6db29..77da61c3e 100644
+--- a/lib/cpp/thrift.pc.in
++++ b/lib/cpp/thrift.pc.in
+@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ includedir=@includedir@
+ Name: Thrift
+ Description: Thrift C++ API
+ Version: @VERSION@
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -lthrift
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lthrift@THRIFT_RUNTIME_POSTFIX@
+ Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/overlays/thrift/portfile.cmake b/overlays/thrift/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..71d21478d0eb47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/thrift/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# We currently insist on static only because:
+# - Thrift doesn't yet support building as a DLL on Windows,
+# - x64-linux only builds static anyway.
+# From https://github.com/apache/thrift/blob/master/CHANGES.md
+if(VCPKG_TARGET_IS_WINDOWS)
+    vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(FLEX)
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(BISON)
+
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO apache/thrift
+    REF "v${VERSION}"
+    SHA512 5e4ee9870b30fe5ba484d39781c435716f7f3903793dc8aae96594ca813b1a5a73363b84719038ca8fa3ab8ef0a419a28410d936ff7b3bbadf36fc085a6883ae
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+      "correct-paths.patch"
+      "pc-suffix.patch"
+)
+
+if (VCPKG_TARGET_IS_OSX)
+    message(WARNING "${PORT} requires bison version greater than 2.5,\n\
+please use command \`brew install bison\` to install bison")
+endif()
+
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" shared_lib)
+string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" "static" static_lib)
+
+# note we specify values for WITH_STATIC_LIB and WITH_SHARED_LIB because even though
+# they're marked as deprecated, Thrift incorrectly hard-codes a value for BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH "${SOURCE_PATH}"
+    NO_CHARSET_FLAG
+    OPTIONS
+        --trace-expand
+        -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:PATH=lib
+        -DWITH_SHARED_LIB=${shared_lib}
+        -DWITH_STATIC_LIB=${static_lib}
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+        -DBUILD_JAVA=OFF
+        -DWITH_C_GLIB=OFF
+        -DBUILD_C_GLIB=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_GLIB=TRUE
+        -DBUILD_PYTHON=OFF
+        -DBUILD_CPP=ON
+        -DWITH_CPP=ON
+        -DWITH_ZLIB=ON
+        -DCMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_ZLIB=TRUE
+        -DWITH_LIBEVENT=ON
+        -DCMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_Libevent=TRUE
+        -DWITH_OPENSSL=ON
+        -DCMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_OpenSSL=TRUE
+        -DBUILD_TUTORIALS=OFF
+        -DFLEX_EXECUTABLE=${FLEX}
+        -DWITH_QT5=OFF
+        -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Qt5=TRUE
+        -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Gradle=TRUE
+        -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Java=TRUE
+        -DBUILD_JAVASCRIPT=OFF
+        -DBUILD_NODEJS=OFF
+        -DBISON_EXECUTABLE=${BISON}
+    MAYBE_UNUSED_VARIABLES
+        CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_GLIB
+        CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_Gradle
+        CMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_Libevent
+        CMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_OpenSSL
+        CMAKE_REQUIRE_FIND_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+    
+)
+
+vcpkg_cmake_install()
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+# Move CMake config files to the right place
+vcpkg_cmake_config_fixup(CONFIG_PATH "lib/cmake/${PORT}")
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+file(GLOB COMPILER "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/thrift" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/thrift.exe")
+if(COMPILER)
+    vcpkg_copy_tools(TOOL_NAMES thrift AUTO_CLEAN)
+endif()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
+
+if ("${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE}" STREQUAL "static")
+    file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/bin")
+    file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin")
+endif()
+
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/overlays/thrift/vcpkg.json b/overlays/thrift/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..165711f5b87489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/overlays/thrift/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "name": "thrift",
+  "version": "0.20.0",
+  "port-version": 1,
+  "description": "Apache Thrift is a software project spanning a variety of programming languages and use cases. Our goal is to make reliable, performant communication and data serialization across languages as efficient and seamless as possible.",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/apache/thrift",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "boost-date-time",
+    "boost-locale",
+    "boost-range",
+    "boost-scope-exit",
+    "boost-smart-ptr",
+    "libevent",
+    "openssl",
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    "zlib"
+  ]
+}
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