diff --git a/ci/manylinux2014_x86_64-vcpkg-gdal.Dockerfile b/ci/manylinux2014_x86_64-vcpkg-gdal.Dockerfile
index c5a7b4d5..f77a78ee 100644
--- a/ci/manylinux2014_x86_64-vcpkg-gdal.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/manylinux2014_x86_64-vcpkg-gdal.Dockerfile
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ RUN bootstrap-vcpkg.sh && \
     vcpkg integrate bash
 
 COPY ci/custom-triplets/x64-linux-dynamic.cmake opt/vcpkg/custom-triplets/x64-linux-dynamic.cmake
+COPY ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/ opt/vcpkg/custom-ports/
 
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/opt/vcpkg/installed/x64-linux-dynamic/lib"
-RUN vcpkg install gdal[core]:x64-linux-dynamic --overlay-triplets=opt/vcpkg/custom-triplets
+RUN vcpkg install gdal[core]:x64-linux-dynamic --overlay-triplets=opt/vcpkg/custom-triplets --overlay-ports=opt/vcpkg/custom-ports
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/LICENSE b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ca5fddfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+  Copyright (C) 1995-2017 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
+
+  This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+  warranty.  In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+  arising from the use of this software.
+
+  Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+  including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+  freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+  1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+     claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+     in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+     appreciated but is not required.
+  2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+     misrepresented as being the original software.
+  3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+
+  Jean-loup Gailly        Mark Adler
+  jloup@gzip.org          madler@alumni.caltech.edu
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/portfile.cmake b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e00e7c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+set(VERSION 1.2.5)
+
+vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE_FILE
+    URLS "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/zlib/${VERSION}/zlib-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    FILENAME "zlib125.tar.gz"
+    SHA512 83ce467787903b7e90ece203aaea0be42174b9cf4a9aa16fe3f72925a4993b549d50154dec4cc76b4cb1aa0b7b966118772aca3d73efa0601167256ff7ce7a12
+)
+
+vcpkg_extract_source_archive_ex(
+    OUT_SOURCE_PATH SOURCE_PATH
+    ARCHIVE ${ARCHIVE_FILE}
+    REF ${VERSION}
+)
+
+# This is generated during the cmake build
+file(REMOVE ${SOURCE_PATH}/zconf.h)
+
+vcpkg_configure_cmake(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
+    OPTIONS
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_FILES=ON
+    OPTIONS_DEBUG
+        -DSKIP_INSTALL_HEADERS=ON
+)
+
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+file(INSTALL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
+
+vcpkg_fixup_pkgconfig()
+
+file(INSTALL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/LICENSE DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT} RENAME copyright)
+
+vcpkg_copy_pdbs()
+
+file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage DESTINATION ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT})
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/usage b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/usage
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39d86182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The package zlib is compatible with built-in CMake targets:
+
+    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8624b708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg-cmake-wrapper.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+find_path(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zlib.h PATHS "${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/include" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES zlib  z PATHS "${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+find_library(ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG   NAMES zlibd z PATHS "${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/debug/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+if(NOT ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR OR NOT (ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE OR ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG))
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Broken installation of vcpkg port zlib")
+endif()
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.4)
+    include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+    select_library_configurations(ZLIB)
+    unset(ZLIB_FOUND)
+endif()
+_find_package(${ARGS})
diff --git a/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg.json b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4391a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/vcpkg-custom-ports/zlib/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "name": "zlib",
+  "version": "1.2.5",
+  "port-version": 0,
+  "description": "A compression library",
+  "homepage": "https://www.zlib.net/"
+}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b8fe9eb..154d4e05 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ archs = ["auto64"]
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux-vcpkg-gdal:latest"
 build-verbosity = 3
 
-[tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
-# explicitly mention 2_27 for now because it fails for manylinux2014 (2_17)
-repair-wheel-command = "auditwheel repair --plat manylinux_2_27_x86_64 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"
-
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux.environment]
 VCPKG_INSTALL = "$VCPKG_INSTALLATION_ROOT/installed/x64-linux-dynamic"
 GDAL_INCLUDE_PATH = "$VCPKG_INSTALL/include"