diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanMemory.h b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanMemory.h
index 610c91f750..0db676e291 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanMemory.h
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanMemory.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 #include <bluevk/BlueVK.h> // must be included before vk_mem_alloc
 
+#define VMA_STATIC_VULKAN_FUNCTIONS 0
+
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wc++98-compat-extra-semi"
 
 #include "vk_mem_alloc.h"