diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index afba38b1a..f4236e477 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4490,6 +4490,7 @@ name = "yara-x-capi"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cbindgen",
+ "vcpkg",
  "yara-x",
 ]
 
@@ -4513,6 +4514,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "strum_macros",
  "superconsole",
+ "vcpkg",
  "wild",
  "yansi 0.5.1",
  "yara-x",
@@ -4598,6 +4600,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pyo3",
  "pyo3-build-config",
  "pyo3-file",
+ "vcpkg",
  "yara-x",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index be717cd44..19ab1b5ca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ bincode = "1.3.3"
 bitmask = "0.5.0"
 bitvec = "1.0.1"
 bstr = "1.8.0"
+cbindgen = "0.26.0"
 chrono = "0.4.34"
 clap = "4.4.8"
 crc32fast = "1.3.2"
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.50"
 uuid = "1.4.1"
+vcpkg = "0.2.15"
 walrus = "0.20.2"
 wasmtime = "18.0.2"
 yaml-rust = "0.4.5"
@@ -104,4 +106,4 @@ yara-x-proto-yaml = { path = "proto-yaml" }
 [profile.release-lto]
 inherits = "release"
 lto = true
-codegen-units = 1
+codegen-units = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/capi/Cargo.toml b/capi/Cargo.toml
index e5d2b6c72..914ad75c9 100644
--- a/capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib"]
 yara-x = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-cbindgen = "0.26.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+cbindgen = { workspace = true }
+vcpkg = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/capi/build.rs b/capi/build.rs
index a8d64d4e9..5e78ed866 100644
--- a/capi/build.rs
+++ b/capi/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use std::env;
+use vcpkg;
 
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src");
@@ -7,6 +8,10 @@ fn main() {
     let crate_dir = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
     let output_file = "include/yara-x.h".to_owned();
 
+    vcpkg::find_package("libmagic").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("bzip2").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("zlib").unwrap();
+
     match cbindgen::generate(crate_dir) {
         Ok(header) => {
             header.write_to_file(output_file);
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 8781ec9dc..ef18da0c4 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ logging = ["dep:log", "dep:env_logger"]
 [dependencies]
 ascii_tree = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
-clap = { workspace = true, features=["cargo", "derive"] }
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 globwalk = { workspace = true }
 enable-ansi-support = { workspace = true }
-env_logger = { workspace = true , optional = true, features = ["auto-color"] }
+env_logger = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["auto-color"] }
 log = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 protobuf = { workspace = true }
 protobuf-json-mapping = { workspace = true }
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ yara-x-fmt = { workspace = true }
 colored_json = "4.0.0"
 crossbeam = "0.8.2"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
-pprof = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["flamegraph"], optional=true }
+pprof = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["flamegraph"], optional = true }
 strum_macros = "0.25"
 superconsole = "0.2.0"
 wild = "2.1.0"
+
+
+[build-dependencies]
+vcpkg = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6477b82fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use vcpkg;
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src");
+
+    vcpkg::find_package("libmagic").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("bzip2").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("zlib").unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 101316ba0..17178ee47 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ default = [
     "console-module",
     "dotnet-module",
     "elf-module",
+    "magic-module",
     "macho-module",
     "math-module",
     "hash-module",
@@ -217,11 +218,12 @@ yara = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["vendored"] }
 yara-x-proto-yaml = { workspace = true }
 zip = "0.6.6"
 
-[package.metadata.vcpkg]
-git = "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
-rev = "fba75d0"
-dependencies = ["libmagic"]
-
 [[bench]]
 name = "benches"
 harness = false
+
+
+[package.metadata.vcpkg]
+git = "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+rev = "fba75d0"
+dependencies = ["bzip2", "zlib"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/py/Cargo.toml b/py/Cargo.toml
index 5228cb845..dd38076cb 100644
--- a/py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/py/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ doc = false
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-pyo3 = { version = "0.19.2", features = ["abi3", "abi3-py38", "extension-module"]}
+pyo3 = { version = "0.19.2", features = ["abi3", "abi3-py38", "extension-module"] }
 pyo3-file = "0.7.0"
 
 protobuf-json-mapping = { workspace = true }
 yara-x = { workspace = true }
+vcpkg = "0.2.15"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-pyo3-build-config = "0.19.2"
\ No newline at end of file
+pyo3-build-config = "0.19.2"
+vcpkg = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/py/build.rs b/py/build.rs
index dace4a9ba..2df5e944e 100644
--- a/py/build.rs
+++ b/py/build.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 fn main() {
+    vcpkg::find_package("libmagic").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("bzip2").unwrap();
+    vcpkg::find_package("zlib").unwrap();
+
     pyo3_build_config::add_extension_module_link_args();
 }