diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1beaa17..db2ac19 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
             "version": "3.31.9"
         },
         "ghcr.io/msclock/features/vcpkg:2": {
-            "version": "stable",
+            "version": "latest",
             "vcpkgAutoUpdate": true
         }
     },
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1af4635..6ed3480 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ testcontainers-c/testcontainers-c.so
 testcontainers-c/testcontainers.so
 testcontainers-c/testcontainers.dll
 testcontainers-c/testcontainers.h
+testcontainers-bridge/testcontainers-bridge.h
+
+# VCPKG
+**/vcpkg_installed/**
+
+
 *.so
 *.out
 *.exe
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 14a4c5e..65eae64 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.26)
-project (TESTCONTAINERS-C
+project (TESTCONTAINERS-NATIVE
     VERSION 0.1.0
     DESCRIPTION "Testcontainers for C and other native languages"
     LANGUAGES C CXX
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5d5af6a..c1c770e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ To skip the demo builds and tests, use the `SKIP_DEMOS` variable:
 cmake -DSKIP_DEMOS=true .
 ```
 
+## Building the VCPKG
+
+To build the VCPkg for the local environment, use the following:
+
+```shell
+vcpkg install testcontainers-bridge --overlay-ports=$(pwd)/ports/
+vcpkg install testcontainers-c --overlay-ports=$(pwd)/ports/
+```
+
 ## Contributing to the Documentation
 
 The documentation is structured in the MkDocs format and uses Material for MkDocs.
diff --git a/modules/wiremock/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/wiremock/CMakeLists.txt
index 6527ca6..94ad052 100644
--- a/modules/wiremock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/wiremock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set(TARGET testcontainers-c-wiremock)
 set(TARGET_NAME ${TARGET})
-set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "Wiremock testcontainer abstractions for C")
+set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "WireMock Testcontainers abstractions for C")
 set(TARGET_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 add_library(${TARGET} SHARED
diff --git a/ports/testcontainers-bridge/usage b/ports/testcontainers-bridge/usage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b677acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/testcontainers-bridge/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+testcontainers-bridge provides CMake targets:
+
+find_package(testcontainers-bridge CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE testcontainers-bridge::testcontainers-bridge)
diff --git a/ports/testcontainers-bridge/vcpkg.json b/ports/testcontainers-bridge/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddee380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/testcontainers-bridge/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "testcontainers-bridge",
+  "version-string": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Testcontainers Go bridge library for native languages",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-native",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies":[
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/ports/testcontainers-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/testcontainers-c/portfile.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8af854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/testcontainers-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Build using the port directory as source. We expect this repository to be
+# available to the vcpkg build as a submodule or local path. If building from
+# a remote registry, replace this with vcpkg_from_github / vcpkg_from_git.
+
+set(ROOT_SRC ${CURRENT_PORT_DIR}/../../testcontainers-c)
+
+
+# Configure from repository root so that testcontainers-bridge is built first
+vcpkg_cmake_configure(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${ROOT_SRC}
+    GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles"
+    OPTIONS
+        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
+)
+
+vcpkg_build_cmake()
+
+# Install from CMake install rules
+vcpkg_install_cmake()
+
+file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/include")
+
+# Add a short README to the package to indicate local build origin
+file(WRITE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/debug/share/${PORT}/README "This package was built from local repo source.\n")
+
+file(INSTALL "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/usage" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}")
+vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE")
diff --git a/ports/testcontainers-c/usage b/ports/testcontainers-c/usage
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..145525e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/testcontainers-c/usage
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+testcontainers-c provides CMake targets:
+
+find_package(testcontainers-c CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(main PRIVATE testcontainers-c::testcontainers-c)
diff --git a/ports/testcontainers-c/vcpkg.json b/ports/testcontainers-c/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1badf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/testcontainers-c/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "testcontainers-c",
+  "version-string": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Testcontainers library for C - C API and shared library",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-native",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "name": "testcontainers-bridge",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake",
+      "host": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "vcpkg-cmake-config",
+      "host": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/testcontainers-bridge/CMakeLists.txt b/testcontainers-bridge/CMakeLists.txt
index fff34e4..9326b47 100644
--- a/testcontainers-bridge/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testcontainers-bridge/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.26)
+project (TESTCONTAINERS-BRIDGE
+    VERSION 0.1.0
+    DESCRIPTION "Testcontainers Go library for native languages"
+    LANGUAGES C
+)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 set(SRCS testcontainers-bridge.go)
 
 set(SHIM_TARGET testcontainers-bridge-shim)
@@ -16,7 +24,7 @@ add_custom_target(${SHIM_TARGET} DEPENDS ${SHIM_TARGET_LIB} ${SHIM_TARGET_HEADER
 
 set(TARGET testcontainers-bridge)
 set(TARGET_NAME ${TARGET})
-set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "Go to C bridge for Testcontainers functionality")
+set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "Go to C bridge for Testcontainers Go functionality")
 set(TARGET_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 add_library(${TARGET} STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
@@ -27,3 +35,9 @@ set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES
     PUBLIC_HEADER ${SHIM_TARGET_HEADER}
     IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${SHIM_TARGET_LIB}
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+
+# Install library and header files
+configure_file(cmake.pc.in ${TARGET}.pc @ONLY)
+install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_LIB} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_HEADER} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/testcontainers-bridge/cmake.pc.in b/testcontainers-bridge/cmake.pc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c83ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcontainers-bridge/cmake.pc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+exec_prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
+
+Name: @TARGET_NAME@
+Description: @TARGET_DESCRIPTION@
+Version: @TARGET_VERSION@
+
+Requires:
+Libs: -L${libdir}
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/testcontainers-bridge/testcontainers-bridge-config.cmake.in b/testcontainers-bridge/testcontainers-bridge-config.cmake.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7609289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcontainers-bridge/testcontainers-bridge-config.cmake.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+@PACKAGE_INIT@
+
+include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/testcontainers-bridge-targets.cmake")
+
+check_required_components(testcontainers-bridge)
diff --git a/testcontainers-c/CMakeLists.txt b/testcontainers-c/CMakeLists.txt
index 611e326..6003821 100644
--- a/testcontainers-c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testcontainers-c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.26)
+project (TESTCONTAINERS-C
+    VERSION 0.1.0
+    DESCRIPTION "Testcontainers library for C"
+    LANGUAGES C
+)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 set(TARGET testcontainers-c)
 set(TARGET_NAME ${TARGET})
-set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "Testcontainer library for C")
+set(TARGET_DESCRIPTION "Testcontainers library for C")
 set(TARGET_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
+# Try to find testcontainers-bridge via find_package (for vcpkg/installed case)
+# If not found, assume it's built in the same project (source build)
+find_package(testcontainers-bridge QUIET)
+if(NOT testcontainers-bridge_FOUND)
+    if(NOT TARGET testcontainers-bridge)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "testcontainers-bridge not found. Will assume the local presence.")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 add_library(${TARGET} SHARED
     src/container.c
 )
@@ -16,8 +33,6 @@ target_sources(${TARGET}
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE testcontainers-bridge)
 
 configure_file(cmake.pc.in ${TARGET}.pc @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_LIB}
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_HEADER}
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_LIB} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+install(FILES ${SHIM_TARGET_HEADER} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/pkgconfig)