diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8e88cd76..418840ea 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/miniaudio"]
 	path = thirdparty/miniaudio
 	url = https://github.com/mackron/miniaudio
+[submodule "thirdparty/vcpkg"]
+	path = thirdparty/vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 5c6e1093..1da445a3 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 "VCPKG_CHAINLOAD_TOOLCHAIN_FILE": "${sourceDir}/toolchains/linux-clang.cmake"
             },
             "environment": {
-                "VCPKG_ROOT": "~/vcpkg"
+                "VCPKG_ROOT": "${sourceDir}/thirdparty/vcpkg"
             },
             "condition": {
                 "type": "equals",
diff --git a/thirdparty/vcpkg b/thirdparty/vcpkg
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..19847ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/vcpkg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 19847ac3d8cad7599e96bd531f9bc1f0ebae6131