diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a5284c21cc..3df6f1d41c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "external/Vulkan-Headers"]
 	path = external/Vulkan-Headers
 	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
+[submodule "external/OpenXR-SDK"]
+	path = external/OpenXR-SDK
+	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/OpenXR-SDK.git
diff --git a/external/OpenXR-SDK b/external/OpenXR-SDK
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..288d3a7ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/OpenXR-SDK
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 288d3a7ebc1ad959f62d51da75baa3d27438c499