diff --git a/ports/matio/portfile.cmake b/ports/matio/portfile.cmake
index 924b302cabb4b1..9d9bd70db7de5c 100644
--- a/ports/matio/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/matio/portfile.cmake
@@ -27,10 +27,22 @@ vcpkg_cmake_configure(
 
 vcpkg_cmake_install()
 
+set(prefix "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}")
+set(exec_prefix [[${prefix}]])
+set(libdir [[${prefix}/lib]])
+set(includedir [[${prefix}/include]])
+configure_file("${SOURCE_PATH}/matio.pc.in" "${SOURCE_PATH}/matio.pc" @ONLY)
+file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/matio.pc" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/pkgconfig")
+if(NOT VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE)
+    set(includedir [[${prefix}/../include]])
+    file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/matio.pc" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/lib/pkgconfig")
+endif()
 vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
 
 vcpkg_copy_tools(TOOL_NAMES matdump AUTO_CLEAN)
 
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+file(INSTALL "${CURRENT_PORT_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
 
 file(INSTALL "${SOURCE_PATH}/COPYING" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}" RENAME copyright)
diff --git a/ports/matio/usage b/ports/matio/usage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4a697912dfe247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/matio/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+matio can be imported via CMake FindPkgConfig module:
+
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(matio REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET matio)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE PkgConfig::matio)
diff --git a/ports/matio/vcpkg.json b/ports/matio/vcpkg.json
index b5ff9bbc078740..5e6aa4d8ce3abb 100644
--- a/ports/matio/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/matio/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "matio",
   "version": "1.5.23",
-  "port-version": 2,
+  "port-version": 3,
   "description": "MATLAB MAT File I/O Library",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/tbeu/matio",
   "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index be39ab665b2bc4..5c4b9c1139fe9d 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -5354,7 +5354,7 @@
     },
     "matio": {
       "baseline": "1.5.23",
-      "port-version": 2
+      "port-version": 3
     },
     "matplotlib-cpp": {
       "baseline": "2020-08-27",
diff --git a/versions/m-/matio.json b/versions/m-/matio.json
index bfd65ec39e899b..f0f3fc82ed8103 100644
--- a/versions/m-/matio.json
+++ b/versions/m-/matio.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "42d087530e333855d74225712aab7755d2eb6be2",
+      "version": "1.5.23",
+      "port-version": 3
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "28df0a44f618c5fd412fafda91507f3bad6ac4b1",
       "version": "1.5.23",