diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 126b75c01..17e8ab649 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@
 [submodule "libyuv"]
     path = externals/libyuv
     url = https://github.com/lemenkov/libyuv.git
+[submodule "externals/vma"]
+	path = externals/vma
+	url = https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/VulkanMemoryAllocator
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a61b65745..74e4b6764 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -264,6 +264,15 @@ elseif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "^(Linux|kFreeBSD|GNU|SunOS)$")
     set(PLATFORM_LIBRARIES rt)
 endif()
 
+if (ENABLE_VULKAN)
+    # Find the VulkanSDK
+    find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED)
+    find_library(SHADERC_LIB shaderc shaderc_shared)
+
+    # Include Vulkan Memory Allocator
+    add_subdirectory(externals/vma)
+endif()
+
 # Setup a custom clang-format target (if clang-format can be found) that will run
 # against all the src files. This should be used before making a pull request.
 # =======================================================================
diff --git a/externals/vma b/externals/vma
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..5ab8c1752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/vma
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5ab8c1752ab9720b7a38a3bc72ebcf17ef3ce6f1
diff --git a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c3536a70..4623ce4a9 100644
--- a/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/video_core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ if(ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
     )
 endif()
 
-if (ENABLE_VULKAN)
-    # Find the VulkanSDK
-    find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED)
-    find_library(SHADERC_LIB shaderc shaderc_shared)
-endif()
-
 create_target_directory_groups(video_core)
 
 target_link_libraries(video_core PUBLIC common core)
@@ -183,5 +177,5 @@ endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_VULKAN)
     target_include_directories(video_core PRIVATE ${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} ${SHADERC_LIB})
+    target_link_libraries(video_core PRIVATE ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} ${SHADERC_LIB} vma)
 endif()