diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b7287bbb..471121581 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_D3D12 "Enable compilation of the D3D12 backen
 option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_VK "Enable compilation of the Vulkan backend" ${ENABLE_VK})
 option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_STATIC_FUNCTIONS "Links Vulkan functions by statically importing them" ON)
 option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER "Enables compilation of Vulkan loader" ${ENABLE_VK_LOADER})
+option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_USE_SDK "Enable compilation of the Vulkan backend by using the installed Vulkan SDK." OFF)
 
 set_if_not_defined(GPGMM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR "${GPGMM_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party" "Directory in which to find third-party dependencies.")
 set_if_not_defined(GPGMM_VK_DEPS_DIR "${GPGMM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/vulkan-deps" "Directory in which to find vulkan-deps")
 set_if_not_defined(GPGMM_VK_HEADERS_DIR "${GPGMM_VK_DEPS_DIR}/vulkan-headers/src" "Directory in which to find Vulkan-Headers")
-set_if_not_defined(GPGMM_VK_TOOLS_DIR "${GPGMM_VK_DEPS_DIR}/vulkan-tools/src" "Directory in which to find Vulkan-Tools")
 
 option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_ALWAYS_ASSERT "Enable assertions on all build types" OFF)
 option_if_not_defined(GPGMM_FORCE_TRACING "Enables event tracing even in release builds" OFF)
diff --git a/src/gpgmm/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gpgmm/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bb995c0a..37b43d8df 100644
--- a/src/gpgmm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gpgmm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,13 +112,22 @@ if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK)
     )
 
     if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER)
-      target_link_libraries(gpgmm PRIVATE
-        Vulkan::Vulkan
-      )
+      if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_USE_SDK)
+        target_link_libraries(gpgmm PRIVATE
+          ${GPGMM_VK_LIBRARIES_DIR}
+        )
+      else()
+        target_link_libraries(gpgmm PRIVATE
+          Vulkan::Vulkan
+        )
+      endif()
     endif()
 
-    target_link_libraries(gpgmm PUBLIC Vulkan-Headers)
-    target_include_directories(gpgmm PRIVATE ${GPGMM_VK_TOOLS_DIR})
+    if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_USE_SDK)
+      target_include_directories(gpgmm PUBLIC ${GPGMM_VK_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    else()
+      target_link_libraries(gpgmm PUBLIC Vulkan-Headers)
+    endif()
 
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 363577569..580478acb 100644
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,10 +84,6 @@ if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK)
       "VKTest.h"
       "end2end/VKResourceAllocatorTests.cpp"
   )
-
-  target_link_libraries(gpgmm_end2end_tests PRIVATE
-     Vulkan::Vulkan
-  )
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(gpgmm_end2end_tests PRIVATE
diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index c2e1fc79c..5b62612f8 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,19 +58,32 @@ if (GPGMM_ENABLE_TESTS)
 endif() # GPGMM_ENABLE_TESTS
 
 if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK)
-  FetchContent_Declare(
-    vulkan-headers
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
-    GIT_TAG ${GPGMM_VULKAN_HEADERS_REVISION}
-  )
-  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vulkan-headers)
+	if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_USE_SDK)
+		message(INFO "Using installed Vulkan SDK")
+		find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED)
+
+    set(GPGMM_VK_INCLUDE_DIR ${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS} CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+		set(GPGMM_VK_LIBRARIES_DIR ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+    message(INFO "Using Vulkan include directory: ${GPGMM_VK_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    message(INFO "Using Vulkan library directory: ${GPGMM_VK_LIBRARIES_DIR}")
+
+	else()
+		FetchContent_Declare(
+			vulkan-headers
+			GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers.git
+			GIT_TAG ${GPGMM_VULKAN_HEADERS_REVISION}
+		)
+		FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vulkan-headers)
+
+		if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER)
+			FetchContent_Declare(
+				vulkan-loader
+				GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader.git
+				GIT_TAG ${GPGMM_VULKAN_LOADER_REVISION}
+			)
+			FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vulkan-loader)
+
+		endif() # GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER
+	endif() # GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_USE_SDK
 
-  if (GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER)
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-      vulkan-loader
-      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader.git
-      GIT_TAG ${GPGMM_VULKAN_LOADER_REVISION}
-    )
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(vulkan-loader)
-  endif() # GPGMM_ENABLE_VK_LOADER
 endif() # GPGMM_ENABLE_VK