diff --git a/ports/intel-mkl/portfile.cmake b/ports/intel-mkl/portfile.cmake
index b32e5cf81db31a..908a52815be66c 100644
--- a/ports/intel-mkl/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/intel-mkl/portfile.cmake
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ endif()
 file(COPY "${mkl_dir}/lib/cmake/" DESTINATION "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/")
 vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/mkl/MKLConfig.cmake" "MKL_CMAKE_PATH}/../../../" "MKL_CMAKE_PATH}/../../")
 vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/mkl/MKLConfig.cmake" "redist/\${MKL_ARCH}" "bin")
+if(${VCPKG_LIBRARY_LINKAGE} STREQUAL "static")
+vcpkg_replace_string("${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/mkl/MKLConfig.cmake" "define_param(MKL_LINK DEFAULT_MKL_LINK MKL_LINK_LIST)" 
+[[define_param(MKL_LINK DEFAULT_MKL_LINK MKL_LINK_LIST)
+ set(MKL_LINK "static")
+]])
+endif()
 #TODO: Hardcode settings from portfile in config.cmake
 #TODO: Give lapack/blas information about the correct BLA_VENDOR depending on settings. 
 
diff --git a/ports/intel-mkl/vcpkg.json b/ports/intel-mkl/vcpkg.json
index 391acf9481629a..fc0a76ecb30b50 100644
--- a/ports/intel-mkl/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/intel-mkl/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "intel-mkl",
   "version": "2023.0.0",
-  "port-version": 4,
+  "port-version": 5,
   "description": "Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) accelerates math processing routines, increases application performance, and reduces development time on Intel® processors.",
   "homepage": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/onemkl.html",
   "license": null,
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 165bf8168be340..afe6179342ac70 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -3754,7 +3754,7 @@
     },
     "intel-mkl": {
       "baseline": "2023.0.0",
-      "port-version": 4
+      "port-version": 5
     },
     "intelrdfpmathlib": {
       "baseline": "20U2",
diff --git a/versions/i-/intel-mkl.json b/versions/i-/intel-mkl.json
index ee320e2539ef1f..8465767753e325 100644
--- a/versions/i-/intel-mkl.json
+++ b/versions/i-/intel-mkl.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "4be49a487c0c55a67bb79fa1d90be6b515b99f67",
+      "version": "2023.0.0",
+      "port-version": 5
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "ca06d4f88eaf67a10c1b988c5a2e3d8a74741d66",
       "version": "2023.0.0",