diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c7bd7b40..90b29097 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@
 [submodule "external/vulkan-memory-allocator"]
 	path = external/vulkan-memory-allocator
 	url = https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator.git
+[submodule "external/vulkan_utility_libraries"]
+	path = external/vulkan_utility_libraries
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries.git
diff --git a/external/vulkan_utility_libraries b/external/vulkan_utility_libraries
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2d8f273e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/vulkan_utility_libraries
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2d8f273ebd4b843c402d9ee881616895b854e42f