diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e24622c4..d440beb1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "external/xess"]
 	path = external/xess
 	url = https://github.com/intel/xess.git
+[submodule "external/vulkan"]
+	path = external/vulkan
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
diff --git a/external/vulkan b/external/vulkan
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..19a863cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/vulkan
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 19a863ccce773ff393b186329478b1eb1a519fd3