diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d9fbaf3971..1f6c22ee56 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 "externals/boost-headers"]
+	path = externals/boost-headers
+	url = https://github.com/boostorg/headers.git
diff --git a/externals/boost-headers b/externals/boost-headers
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..0456900fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/boost-headers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0456900fadde4b07c84760eadea4ccc9f948fe28