diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 48c593da..dcec2473 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ manual/t*.synctex.gz
 manual/t*.toc
 profiler/build/win32/packages
 profiler/build/win32/Tracy.aps
+
+# include the vcpkg install script but not the files it produces
+vcpkg/*
+!vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
diff --git a/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat b/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..089c389c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg/install_vcpkg_dependencies.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+@echo off
+
+REM get vcpkg distribution
+if not exist vcpkg git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+
+REM build vcpkg
+if not exist vcpkg\vcpkg.exe call vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
+
+REM install required packages
+vcpkg\vcpkg.exe install --triplet x64-windows-static freetype glfw3 capstone[arm,arm64,x86]