diff --git a/include/gpu/vk/GrVkDefines.h b/include/gpu/vk/GrVkDefines.h
index 0fd405d55c..ac8b444032 100644
--- a/include/gpu/vk/GrVkDefines.h
+++ b/include/gpu/vk/GrVkDefines.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef GrVkDefines_DEFINED
 #define GrVkDefines_DEFINED
 
+#include "SkTypes.h"
+
 #ifdef SK_VULKAN
 
 #ifdef SK_VULKAN_HEADER
diff --git a/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/include/vk_mem_alloc.h b/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/include/vk_mem_alloc.h
index b621fe7e14..74af2c9ae8 100644
--- a/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/include/vk_mem_alloc.h
+++ b/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/include/vk_mem_alloc.h
@@ -1071,7 +1071,10 @@ Features deliberately excluded from the scope of this library:
 
 */
 
-#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
+// For skia we don't include vulkan.h here. Before including this header we always include
+// GrVkDefines which has a user defined header. Additionally we don't require vulkan/vulkan.h to be
+// on the include path.
+// #include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
 
 /** \struct VmaAllocator
 \brief Represents main object of this library initialized.