diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d207c8f..167a6d3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/libliftoff"]
 	path = subprojects/libliftoff
 	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/emersion/libliftoff.git
+[submodule "subprojects/vkroots"]
+	path = subprojects/vkroots
+	url = https://github.com/Joshua-Ashton/vkroots
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 58a262d..9cdf74f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ librt_dep = cppc.find_library('rt', required : get_option('pipewire'))
 hwdata_dep = dependency('hwdata')
 
 stb_dep = dependency('stb')
+vkroots_dep = dependency('vkroots')
 
 wlroots_dep = dependency(
   'wlroots',
@@ -146,7 +147,8 @@ executable(
     dep_x11, dep_xdamage, dep_xcomposite, dep_xrender, dep_xext, dep_xfixes,
     dep_xxf86vm, dep_xres, drm_dep, wayland_server,
     xkbcommon, thread_dep, sdl_dep, wlroots_dep,
-    vulkan_dep, liftoff_dep, dep_xtst, cap_dep, pipewire_dep, librt_dep, stb_dep,
+    vulkan_dep, liftoff_dep, dep_xtst, cap_dep, pipewire_dep, librt_dep,
+    stb_dep,
   ],
   install: true,
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/vkroots b/subprojects/vkroots
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..fc9b004
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/vkroots
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fc9b0044c8d21d4404b327676c67c77a8af2c60c