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@@ -87,6 +87,21 @@ Other interesting flags that can be passed to CMake:
 * `RUN_SYSTEM_TESTS=ON/OFF` toggles building the system tests (i.e. tests requiring 
    an accessible RabbitMQ server instance on localhost), by default this is OFF
 
+## Building RabbitMQ - Using vcpkg
+
+You can download and install RabbitMQ 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 librabbitmq
+
+The RabbitMQ 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 If the version is out of date, 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.
+
 ## Running the examples
 
 Arrange for a RabbitMQ or other AMQP server to be running on