diff --git a/ports/chimera/CONTROL b/ports/chimera/CONTROL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3fe852c7d91255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/CONTROL
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Source: chimera
+Version: 5.2.1
+Homepage: https://github.com/intel/hyperscan
+Description: Chimera is a software regular expression matching engine that is a hybrid of Hyperscan and PCRE. The design goals of Chimera are to fully support PCRE syntax as well as to take advantage of the high performance nature of Hyperscan.
+Build-Depends: python3, ragel, hyperscan
diff --git a/ports/chimera/fix-cmakelists.patch b/ports/chimera/fix-cmakelists.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4fb4f28c3d8c19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/fix-cmakelists.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+diff --git a/chimera/CMakeLists.txt b/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1cd66a3..82b6468 100644
+--- a/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
+ # Chimera lib
++cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.11)
++project (chimera C CXX)
+ 
+-include_directories(${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
++set (HS_MAJOR_VERSION 5)
++set (HS_MINOR_VERSION 3)
++set (HS_PATCH_VERSION 0)
++set (HS_VERSION ${HS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${HS_MINOR_VERSION}.${HS_PATCH_VERSION})
++
++set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+ 
++set(HS_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../src)
++
++configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../cmake/config.h.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
++configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../src/hs_version.h.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hs_version.h)
++
++find_path(HS_INCLUDE_DIRS hs_common.h PATH_SUFFIXES hs)
++find_library(hs hs REQUIRED)
++find_library(hs_rt hs_runtime REQUIRED)
++
++find_path(PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS pcre.h)
++find_library(pcre pcre REQUIRED)
++include_directories(${PCRE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${HS_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${HS_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
+ # only set these after all tests are done
+ set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${EXTRA_C_FLAGS}")
+ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS}")
+@@ -28,11 +45,14 @@ SET(chimera_SRCS
+ )
+ 
+ add_library(chimera STATIC ${chimera_SRCS})
+-add_dependencies(chimera hs pcre)
+-target_link_libraries(chimera hs pcre)
++target_link_libraries(chimera hs pcre hs_rt)
++target_compile_definitions(chimera PUBLIC -DUSE_INTRIN_H)
+ 
+ install(TARGETS chimera DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+ 
++file(GLOB CHIMERA_HEADERS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/*.h)
++install(FILES ${CHIMERA_HEADERS} DESTINATION include)
++
+ if (NOT WIN32)
+     # expand out library names for pkgconfig static link info
+     foreach (LIB ${CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+@@ -44,6 +64,6 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
+     set(PRIVATE_LIBS "${PRIVATE_LIBS} -L${LIBDIR} -lpcre")
+ 
+     configure_file(libch.pc.in libch.pc @ONLY) # only replace @ quoted vars
+-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/chimera/libch.pc
++    install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libch.pc
+         DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
+ endif()
diff --git a/ports/chimera/fix-include-path.patch b/ports/chimera/fix-include-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a237786947b12b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/fix-include-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 59c6e6e..51e8498 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ SET(hs_HEADERS
+     src/hs_compile.h
+     src/hs_runtime.h
+ )
+-install(FILES ${hs_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/hs")
++install(FILES ${hs_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/hs)
+ 
+ set (hs_exec_common_SRCS
+     src/alloc.c
+diff --git a/chimera/CMakeLists.txt b/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
+index 1503dbe..b1a22c5 100644
+--- a/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/chimera/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ SET(chimera_HEADERS
+     ch_compile.h
+     ch_runtime.h
+ )
+-install(FILES ${chimera_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/hs")
++install(FILES ${chimera_HEADERS} DESTINATION include/hs)
+ 
+ SET(chimera_SRCS
+     ${chimera_HEADERS}
diff --git a/ports/chimera/fix-unix-build.patch b/ports/chimera/fix-unix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..923c2f94c49921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/fix-unix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff --git a/src/util/intrinsics.h b/src/util/intrinsics.h
+index edc4f6e..075b777 100644
+--- a/src/util/intrinsics.h
++++ b/src/util/intrinsics.h
+@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
+ # endif
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef _WIN32
+ #if defined(USE_X86INTRIN_H)
+ #include <x86intrin.h>
+ #elif defined(USE_INTRIN_H)
+@@ -62,5 +63,12 @@
+ #else
+ #error no intrinsics file
+ #endif
++#else
++#if defined(USE_X86INTRIN_H) || defined(USE_INTRIN_H)
++#include <emmintrin.h>
++#else
++#error no intrinsics file
++#endif
++#endif
+ 
+ #endif // INTRINSICS_H
diff --git a/ports/chimera/portfile.cmake b/ports/chimera/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8cd43de515a2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+vcpkg_check_linkage(ONLY_STATIC_LIBRARY)
+
+# checkout hyperscan source code which is required by and also contains chimera
+vcpkg_from_github(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    REPO intel/hyperscan
+    REF c00683d73916e39f01b0d418f686c8b5c379159c
+    SHA512 3c4d52706901acc9ef4c3d12b0e5b2956f4e6bce13f6828a4ba3b736c05ffacb1d733ef9c226988ca80220584525f9cb6dcfe4914ced6cc34ae6a0a45975afb5
+    HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+        fix-cmakelists.patch
+        fix-unix-build.patch
+        fix-include-path.patch
+)
+
+vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)
+get_filename_component(PYTHON3_DIR ${PYTHON3} DIRECTORY)
+vcpkg_add_to_path(${PYTHON3_DIR})
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}/chimera
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS
+        -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON3}
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+# remove debug dir
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share")
+
+# Handle copyright
+file(INSTALL ${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/chimera/usage b/ports/chimera/usage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..74b7dd725ebb1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/chimera/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+The package @PORT@:@TARGET_TRIPLET@ provides CMake targets:
+
+    find_library(CHIMERA_LIBRARY NAMES chimera)
+    find_library(HS_LIBRARY NAMES hs)
+    find_path(CHIMERA_INCLUDE_DIR hs)
+    find_library(PCRE_LIBRARY NAMES pcre)
+
+    target_include_directories(main PUBLIC ${CHIMERA_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    target_link_libraries(main ${CHIMERA_LIBRARY} ${HS_LIBRARY} ${PCRE_LIBRARY}) 
diff --git a/ports/hyperscan/portfile.cmake b/ports/hyperscan/portfile.cmake
index 19144cca4f450b..a7442e7202f560 100644
--- a/ports/hyperscan/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/hyperscan/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     REF v${HYPERSCAN_VERSION}
     SHA512 e6ac2aef1f3efa1535c00d73fa590ea62fff4686c4ad3ee023d2e72c51896ca4616ec1b85d7c6f88ac7b42d92c3557b9c4bb3b51cfb796e20a79d53b28e53b6c
     HEAD_REF master
+    PATCHES
+    	remove-werror.patch
 )
 
 vcpkg_find_acquire_program(PYTHON3)
diff --git a/ports/hyperscan/remove-werror.patch b/ports/hyperscan/remove-werror.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6965b953a617ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/hyperscan/remove-werror.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 83197af..34c0b84 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ else()
+     set(EXTRA_C_FLAGS "${OPT_C_FLAG} -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wcast-qual -fno-strict-aliasing")
+     set(EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "${OPT_CXX_FLAG} -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -Wswitch -Wreturn-type -Wcast-qual -Wno-deprecated -Wnon-virtual-dtor -fno-strict-aliasing")
+ 
+-    if (NOT RELEASE_BUILD)
++    if (NOT RELEASE_BUILD AND OFF)
+         # -Werror is most useful during development, don't potentially break
+         # release builds
+         set(EXTRA_C_FLAGS "${EXTRA_C_FLAGS} -Werror")