diff --git a/libs/icu/icu-63.1-20181212.diff b/libs/icu/icu-63.1-20181212.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee215b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/icu/icu-63.1-20181212.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff -Nrub -x '*~' -x '*\.rej' -x '*\.orig' -x '*\.o' -x '*\.pyc' icu\source.orig/allinone/allinone.sln icu\source/allinone/allinone.sln
+--- icu\source.orig/allinone/allinone.sln	2018-09-29 02:34:41.000000000 +0200
++++ source/allinone/allinone.sln	2018-12-12 19:21:49.747003400 +0100
+@@ -181,19 +181,6 @@
+ 		{73C0A65B-D1F2-4DE1-B3A6-15DAD2C23F3D} = {73C0A65B-D1F2-4DE1-B3A6-15DAD2C23F3D}
+ 	EndProjectSection
+ EndProject
+-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "makedata_uwp", "..\data\makedata_uwp.vcxproj", "{B1D53358-37BD-48BC-B27C-68BAF1E78508}"
+-EndProject
+-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "i18n_uwp", "..\i18n\i18n_uwp.vcxproj", "{6786C051-383B-47E0-9E82-B8B994E06A25}"
+-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+-		{0178B127-6269-407D-B112-93877BB62776} = {0178B127-6269-407D-B112-93877BB62776}
+-		{C10CF34B-3F79-430E-AD38-5A32DC0589C2} = {C10CF34B-3F79-430E-AD38-5A32DC0589C2}
+-	EndProjectSection
+-EndProject
+-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "common_uwp", "..\common\common_uwp.vcxproj", "{C10CF34B-3F79-430E-AD38-5A32DC0589C2}"
+-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+-		{73C0A65B-D1F2-4DE1-B3A6-15DAD2C23F3D} = {73C0A65B-D1F2-4DE1-B3A6-15DAD2C23F3D}
+-	EndProjectSection
+-EndProject
+ Global
+ 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
+ 		Debug|ARM = Debug|ARM
diff --git a/libs/icu/icu.py b/libs/icu/icu.py
index e87a94f6..8c97968a 100644
--- a/libs/icu/icu.py
+++ b/libs/icu/icu.py
@@ -1,97 +1,98 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import info
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def registerOptions(self):
         self.parent.package.categoryInfo.platforms = CraftCore.compiler.Platforms.NotMacOS
 
     def setTargets(self):
         self.svnTargets["svnHEAD"] = "http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu/trunk"
         self.targetInstSrc["svnHEAD"] = "source"
         for ver in ["53.1", "55.1", "58.2", "62.1", "63.1"]:
             ver2 = ver.replace(".", "_")
             self.targets[ver] = f"http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/{ver}/icu4c-{ver2}-src.tgz"
             if CraftVersion(ver) < "63.1":
                 self.targetDigestUrls[ver] = ([f"https://ssl.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/{ver}/icu4c-src-{ver2}.md5"], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.MD5)
             else:
                 self.targetDigestUrls[ver] = ([f"https://ssl.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/{ver}/SHASUM512.txt"], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA512)
             self.targetInstSrc[ver] = os.path.join("icu", "source")
+        self.patchToApply["63.1"] = [("icu-63.1-20181212.diff", 1)]
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC2015() or CraftCore.compiler.isMinGW():
             self.patchToApply["55.1"] = ("icu-20150414.diff", 2)
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMinGW():
             self.patchToApply["55.1"] = [("icu-20150414.diff", 2), ("icu-msys.diff", 2)]
             self.patchToApply["58.2"] = ("0020-workaround-missing-locale.patch",
                                          2)  # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Alexpux/MINGW-packages/master/mingw-w64-icu/0020-workaround-missing-locale.patch
         if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
             self.defaultTarget = "58.2"
         else:
             self.defaultTarget = "62.1"
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.buildDependencies["virtual/base"] = None
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/pkg-config"] = None
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMinGW():
             self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/msys"] = None
 
 from Package.MSBuildPackageBase import *
 
 
 class PackageCMake(MSBuildPackageBase):
     def __init__(self, **args):
         MSBuildPackageBase.__init__(self)
         self.subinfo.options.configure.projectFile = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "allinone", "allinone.sln")
 
     def install(self):
         self.cleanImage()
         if not MSBuildPackageBase.install(self, installHeaders=False,
                                           buildDirs=[os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "..", dir) for dir in
                                                      ["bin", "bin64", "lib", "lib64"]]):
             return False
         utils.copyDir(os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "..", "include"), os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "include"))
 
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC() and self.buildType() == "Debug":
             imagedir = os.path.join(self.installDir(), "lib")
             filelist = os.listdir(imagedir)
             for f in filelist:
                 if f.endswith("d.lib"):
                     utils.copyFile(os.path.join(imagedir, f), os.path.join(imagedir, f.replace("d.lib", ".lib")))
 
         return True
 
 
 from Package.AutoToolsPackageBase import *
 
 
 class PackageMSys(AutoToolsPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         AutoToolsPackageBase.__init__(self)
         self.subinfo.options.configure.autoreconf = False
 
     def make(self):
         datafile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "icudt55l.dat")
         if os.path.exists(datafile):
             datafileDestination = os.path.join(self.sourceDir(), "data", "in", "icudt55l.dat")
             if os.path.exists(datafileDestination):
                 os.remove(datafileDestination)
             utils.copyFile(datafile, datafileDestination)
 
         return AutoToolsPackageBase.make(self)
 
     def install(self):
         if not AutoToolsPackageBase.install(self):
             return False
         files = os.listdir(os.path.join(self.installDir(), "lib"))
         for dll in files:
             if dll.endswith(".dll"):
                 utils.copyFile(os.path.join(self.installDir(), "lib", dll), os.path.join(self.installDir(), "bin", dll))
         return True
 
 
 if CraftCore.compiler.isGCCLike():
     class Package(PackageMSys):
         pass
 else:
     class Package(PackageCMake):
         pass