diff --git a/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/BUILD.gn b/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/BUILD.gn
index 946cdb7..796330e 100644
--- a/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/vulkanmemoryallocator/BUILD.gn
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@
 source_set("vulkanmemoryallocator") {
   public_configs = [ ":vulkanmemoryallocator_public" ]
 
-  include_dirs = []
+  # Need to add this so when we include GrVkDefines.h it internally can find SkTypes.h which is
+  # needed in case the user set defines in SkUserConfig.h.
+  include_dirs = [ "../../include/core" ]
   if (defined(is_skia_standalone) && is_skia_standalone && !is_official_build) {
     include_dirs += [ "../../tools/gpu/vk" ]
-    include_dirs += [ "../../include/core" ]
     include_dirs += [ "../../include/config" ]
   }