diff --git a/ports/py-qscintilla/portfile.cmake b/ports/py-qscintilla/portfile.cmake
index cbb4f34..b12ebbf 100644
--- a/ports/py-qscintilla/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/py-qscintilla/portfile.cmake
@@ -19,16 +19,16 @@ set(SIPBUILD_ARGS
     "--qmake" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/Qt6/bin/qmake${VCPKG_HOST_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}"
     "--api-dir" "${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/Qt6/qsci/api/python"
     "--qsci-features-dir" "${SOURCE_PATH}/src/features"
-    "--qsci-include-dir" "${SITE_PACKAGES}/src"
+    "--qsci-include-dir" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${PYTHON3_SITE}/PyQt6/bindings"
     "--qsci-library-dir" "${SOURCE_PATH}/src"
     "--no-make"
     "--verbose"
     "--build-dir" "${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel"
-    "--target-dir" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/python3/Lib/site-packages/"
+    "--target-dir" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/${PYTHON3_SITE}"
 )
-
-# TODO: help it find sip include dirs, manually patched into sipbuild/project.py for now
-# "--sip-include-dirs" "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/tools/python3/Lib/site-packages/"
+if(DEFINED VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
+  list(APPEND SIPBUILD_ARGS "--qmake-setting" "QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET = ${VCPKG_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
+endif()
 
 vcpkg_backup_env_variables(VARS PATH)
 
diff --git a/ports/py-qscintilla/vcpkg.json b/ports/py-qscintilla/vcpkg.json
index f83167b..37894df 100644
--- a/ports/py-qscintilla/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/py-qscintilla/vcpkg.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "py-qscintilla",
   "version": "2.14.1",
+  "port-version": 1,
   "description": "Python bindings for QScintilla, which is a port to Qt of the Scintilla editing component. Features syntax highlighting, code-completion and much more (Barebone build without python bindings (missing dependeny PyQt) and without QtDesigner plugin)",
   "homepage": "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/qscintilla",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@
       "name": "qscintilla"
     },
     "py-pyqt6",
+    "python3",
     {
       "name": "vcpkg-python-scripts",
       "host": true