diff --git a/ports/nghttp2/CONTROL b/ports/nghttp2/CONTROL
index beb237aada0ba2..f4ff49ae06cdab 100644
--- a/ports/nghttp2/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/nghttp2/CONTROL
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Source: nghttp2
-Version: 1.29.0
+Version: 1.30.0-1
 Description: Implementation of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol version 2 in C
diff --git a/ports/nghttp2/enable-static.patch b/ports/nghttp2/enable-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3b58979cf8c420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/nghttp2/enable-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+index 0846d06..290679f 100644
+--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if(WIN32)
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Public shared library
+-add_library(nghttp2 SHARED ${NGHTTP2_SOURCES} ${NGHTTP2_RES})
++add_library(nghttp2 ${NGHTTP2_SOURCES} ${NGHTTP2_RES})
+ set_target_properties(nghttp2 PROPERTIES
+   COMPILE_FLAGS "${WARNCFLAGS}"
+   VERSION ${LT_VERSION} SOVERSION ${LT_SOVERSION}
+@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ target_include_directories(nghttp2 INTERFACE
+     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes"
+     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/includes"
+     )
++if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
++  target_compile_definitions(nghttp2 PUBLIC "-DNGHTTP2_STATICLIB")
++endif()
+ 
+ if(HAVE_CUNIT)
+   # Static library (for unittests because of symbol visibility)
diff --git a/ports/nghttp2/portfile.cmake b/ports/nghttp2/portfile.cmake
index 02133feeb1d547..3c082c19138ada 100644
--- a/ports/nghttp2/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/nghttp2/portfile.cmake
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 include(vcpkg_common_functions)
 
 set(LIB_NAME nghttp2)
-set(LIB_VERSION 1.29.0)
-
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-    message("nghttp2 doesn't currently support static library build")
-    set(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE dynamic)
-    if(VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE STREQUAL static)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "avoiding building DLL with static CRT.")
-    endif()
-endif()
+set(LIB_VERSION 1.30.0)
 
 set(LIB_FILENAME ${LIB_NAME}-${LIB_VERSION}.tar.gz)
 set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/${LIB_NAME}-${LIB_VERSION})
@@ -17,12 +9,19 @@ set(SOURCE_PATH ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/src/${LIB_NAME}-${LIB_VERSION})
 vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE
     URLS "https://github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/download/v${LIB_VERSION}/${LIB_FILENAME}"
     FILENAME "${LIB_FILENAME}"
-    SHA512 34dfda7ba637fb23b24141aacf8a0c342a369a59c84d4e2bfed9b5a867f85a5d1d950267f018a820645954406d70bf499f01e2f9b1ebaa4b76e8f47c3693fd6e
+    SHA512 26ce717a085e9fbdf8e644d4c8ab6961ca60029c4dfa112c9932523d1c4cc3f40fda4283afddf78a649e7f6fb7d3f3bfce3197186a4f70819b5996e8158089da
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE})
 
+vcpkg_apply_patches(
+    SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PATCHES
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/enable-static.patch"
+)
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
+    PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
         -DENABLE_LIB_ONLY=ON
         -DENABLE_ASIO_LIB=OFF
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/man)
 file(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/doc)
 
 # Move dll files from /lib to /bin where vcpkg expects them
-if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL dynamic)
+if(VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE STREQUAL "dynamic")
     file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin)
     file(RENAME ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/lib/${LIB_NAME}.dll ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/bin/${LIB_NAME}.dll)