diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 70661af1..0832ec49 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty/VulkanMemoryAllocator"]
 	path = 3rdparty/VulkanMemoryAllocator
 	url = https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries"]
+	path = 3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers"]
+	path = 3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers b/3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..ad9ce123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ad9ce1235e88dc09287e19171dfac384db8ec32c
diff --git a/3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries b/3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..738ec97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 738ec97a3f659dd6469bff3c4078ef981b0a343f
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a331ca1c..2f937b73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ set(SPIRV_CROSS_STATIC         ON  CACHE BOOL "Prefer static libs" FORCE)
 add_subdirectory(3rdparty/glslang)
 add_subdirectory(3rdparty/SPIRV-Cross)
 add_subdirectory(3rdparty/VulkanMemoryAllocator)
+add_subdirectory(3rdparty/Vulkan-Headers)
+add_subdirectory(3rdparty/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries)
 
 set(XXHASH_BUILD_XXHSUM OFF)
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ set(MOBILEGL_LINK_LIBRARIES
         SPIRV-Tools
         xxHash::xxhash
         GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator
+        Vulkan::UtilityHeaders
 )
 
 set(MOBILEGL_COMPILE_DEF