diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
index a8eb9a8c4..baffb7e51 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 // CHANGELOG
 // (minor and older changes stripped away, please see git history for details)
+//  2025-10-15: Vulkan: Added IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME to configure path to volk.h header. (#9008)
 //  2025-09-26: *BREAKING CHANGE*: moved some fields in ImGui_ImplVulkan_InitInfo: init_info.RenderPass --> init_info.PipelineInfoMain.RenderPass, init_info.Subpass --> init_info.PipelineInfoMain.Subpass, init_info.MSAASamples --> init_info.PipelineInfoMain.MSAASamples, init_info.PipelineRenderingCreateInfo --> init_info.PipelineInfoMain.PipelineRenderingCreateInfo.
 //  2025-09-26: *BREAKING CHANGE*: renamed ImGui_ImplVulkan_MainPipelineCreateInfo to ImGui_ImplVulkan_PipelineInfo. Introduced very recently so shouldn't affect many users.
 //  2025-09-26: *BREAKING CHANGE*: helper ImGui_ImplVulkanH_CreateOrResizeWindow() added a VkImageUsageFlags image_usage` argument, default to VK_IMAGE_USAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_BIT if 0.
diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.h b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.h
index afc698701..fb51a2ac0 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.h
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.h
@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@
 // If you have no idea what this is, leave it alone!
 //#define IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_NO_PROTOTYPES
 
-// Convenience support for Volk
+// [Configuration] Convenience support for Volk
 // (you can also technically use IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_NO_PROTOTYPES + wrap Volk via ImGui_ImplVulkan_LoadFunctions().)
+// (When using Volk from directory outside your include directories list you can specify full path to the volk.h header,
+//  for example when using Volk from VulkanSDK and using include_directories(${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS})' from 'find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED)')
 //#define IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_USE_VOLK
+//#define IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME    <Volk/volk.h>
+//#define IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME    <volk.h>       // Default
+// Reminder: make those changes in your imconfig.h file, not here!
 
 #if defined(IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_NO_PROTOTYPES) && !defined(VK_NO_PROTOTYPES)
 #define VK_NO_PROTOTYPES
@@ -54,7 +59,11 @@
 
 // Vulkan includes
 #ifdef IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_USE_VOLK
+#ifdef IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME
+#include IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME
+#else
 #include <volk.h>
+#endif
 #else
 #include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index ad385527a..2213f5866 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ Other Changes:
   resizing the parent window while keeping the multi-line field active (which is
   most typically achieved when resizing programmatically or via a docking layout
   reacting to a platform window resize). (#3237, #9007) [@anton-kl, @ocornut]
+- Backends: Vulkan: added IMGUI_IMPL_VULKAN_VOLK_FILENAME to configure path to
+  Volk (default to "volk.h"). (#9008, #7722, #6582, #4854) [@mwlasiuk]
 - Backends: WebGPU: update to compile with Dawn and Emscripten's 4.0.10+
   '--use-port=emdawnwebgpu' ports. (#8381, #8898) [@brutpitt, @trbabb]
   When using Emscripten 4.0.10+, backend now defaults to IMGUI_IMPL_WEBGPU_BACKEND_DAWN