diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8ee467944b..554c9b9820 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@
 [submodule "Vulkan-Utility-Libraries"]
 	path = externals/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries
 	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Utility-Libraries.git
+[submodule "SPIRV-Headers"]
+	path = externals/SPIRV-Headers
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers.git
diff --git a/externals/SPIRV-Headers b/externals/SPIRV-Headers
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..8b246ff75c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/SPIRV-Headers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8b246ff75c6615ba4532fe4fde20f1be090c3764