diff --git a/docs/building.rst b/docs/building.rst
index 51322b5ae..49f2851fa 100644
--- a/docs/building.rst
+++ b/docs/building.rst
@@ -481,6 +481,20 @@ If you enabled test in the configuration step, to run them, run::
 
 	ctest -j8
 
+building with VCPKG
+-------------------
+
+You can download and install libtorrent using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/) dependency manager::
+
+	git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+	cd vcpkg
+	./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+	./vcpkg integrate install
+	./vcpkg install libtorrent
+
+The libtorrent port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors.
+If the version is out of date, please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
+
 building with other build systems
 ---------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/hunspell/libtorrent.dic b/docs/hunspell/libtorrent.dic
index a0df75527..535e2571c 100644
--- a/docs/hunspell/libtorrent.dic
+++ b/docs/hunspell/libtorrent.dic
@@ -554,3 +554,4 @@ fastresume
 InternetGatewayDevice
 netmask
 fe80
+vcpkg