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* `RUN_SYSTEM_TESTS=ON/OFF` toggles building the system tests (i.e. tests requiring
an accessible RabbitMQ server instance on localhost), by default this is OFF
+## Building RabbitMQ - Using vcpkg
+
+You can download and install RabbitMQ using the [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg)
+dependency manager:
+
+ git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
+ cd vcpkg
+ ./bootstrap-vcpkg.sh
+ ./vcpkg integrate install
+ ./vcpkg install librabbitmq
+
+The RabbitMQ port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and
+community contributors. If the version is out of date,
+please [create an issue or pull request](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg) on the vcpkg repository.
+
## Running the examples
Arrange for a RabbitMQ or other AMQP server to be running on