diff -r c3446901fc1c configure.in
--- a/configure.in	Wed Jan 17 17:24:15 2018 -0800
+++ b/configure.in	Mon Jan 22 11:36:01 2018 +0100
@@ -2546,6 +2546,12 @@
     if test x$enable_video_vulkan = xyes; then
         AC_DEFINE(SDL_VIDEO_VULKAN, 1, [ ])
         SUMMARY_video="${SUMMARY_video} vulkan"
+
+        VULKAN_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags vulkan`
+        VULKAN_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs vulkan`
+
+        EXTRA_CFLAGS="$EXTRA_CFLAGS $VULKAN_CFLAGS"
+        EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS $VULKAN_LIBS"
     fi
 }
 
diff -r c3446901fc1c src/video/SDL_vulkan_internal.h
--- a/src/video/SDL_vulkan_internal.h	Wed Jan 17 17:24:15 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/video/SDL_vulkan_internal.h	Mon Jan 22 11:36:01 2018 +0100
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
 
 #include "SDL_stdinc.h"
 
-#if defined(SDL_LOADSO_DISABLED)
-#undef SDL_VIDEO_VULKAN
-#define SDL_VIDEO_VULKAN 0
-#endif
-
 #if SDL_VIDEO_VULKAN
 
 #if SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_ANDROID
@@ -57,8 +52,7 @@
 #define VK_USE_PLATFORM_XCB_KHR
 #endif
 
-#define VK_NO_PROTOTYPES
-#include "./khronos/vulkan/vulkan.h"
+#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
 
 #include "SDL_vulkan.h"
 
diff -r c3446901fc1c src/video/x11/SDL_x11vulkan.c
--- a/src/video/x11/SDL_x11vulkan.c	Wed Jan 17 17:24:15 2018 -0800
+++ b/src/video/x11/SDL_x11vulkan.c	Mon Jan 22 11:36:01 2018 +0100
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "SDL_x11video.h"
 #include "SDL_assert.h"
 
-#include "SDL_loadso.h"
 #include "SDL_x11vulkan.h"
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
@@ -43,22 +42,11 @@
     SDL_bool hasSurfaceExtension = SDL_FALSE;
     SDL_bool hasXlibSurfaceExtension = SDL_FALSE;
     SDL_bool hasXCBSurfaceExtension = SDL_FALSE;
-    PFN_vkGetInstanceProcAddr vkGetInstanceProcAddr = NULL;
     Uint32 i;
-    if(_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle)
+    if(_this->vulkan_config.vkGetInstanceProcAddr)
         return SDL_SetError("Vulkan already loaded");
 
     /* Load the Vulkan loader library */
-    if(!path)
-        path = SDL_getenv("SDL_VULKAN_LIBRARY");
-    if(!path)
-        path = "libvulkan.so.1";
-    _this->vulkan_config.loader_handle = SDL_LoadObject(path);
-    if(!_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle)
-        return -1;
-    SDL_strlcpy(_this->vulkan_config.loader_path, path, SDL_arraysize(_this->vulkan_config.loader_path));
-    vkGetInstanceProcAddr = (PFN_vkGetInstanceProcAddr)SDL_LoadFunction(
-        _this->vulkan_config.loader_handle, "vkGetInstanceProcAddr");
     if(!vkGetInstanceProcAddr)
         goto fail;
     _this->vulkan_config.vkGetInstanceProcAddr = (void *)vkGetInstanceProcAddr;
@@ -93,47 +81,23 @@
     {
         videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library = NULL;
     }
-    else if(!hasXCBSurfaceExtension)
+    else
     {
         SDL_SetError("Installed Vulkan doesn't implement either the "
                      VK_KHR_XCB_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME "extension or the "
                      VK_KHR_XLIB_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME " extension");
         goto fail;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        const char *libX11XCBLibraryName = SDL_getenv("SDL_X11_XCB_LIBRARY");
-        if(!libX11XCBLibraryName)
-            libX11XCBLibraryName = "libX11-xcb.so";
-        videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library = SDL_LoadObject(libX11XCBLibraryName);
-        if(!videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library)
-            goto fail;
-        videoData->vulkan_XGetXCBConnection =
-            SDL_LoadFunction(videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library, "XGetXCBConnection");
-        if(!videoData->vulkan_XGetXCBConnection)
-        {
-            SDL_UnloadObject(videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library);
-            goto fail;
-        }
-    }
     return 0;
 
 fail:
-    SDL_UnloadObject(_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle);
-    _this->vulkan_config.loader_handle = NULL;
+    _this->vulkan_config.vkGetInstanceProcAddr = NULL;
     return -1;
 }
 
 void X11_Vulkan_UnloadLibrary(_THIS)
 {
     SDL_VideoData *videoData = (SDL_VideoData *)_this->driverdata;
-    if(_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle)
-    {
-        if(videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library)
-            SDL_UnloadObject(videoData->vulkan_xlib_xcb_library);
-        SDL_UnloadObject(_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle);
-        _this->vulkan_config.loader_handle = NULL;
-    }
 }
 
 SDL_bool X11_Vulkan_GetInstanceExtensions(_THIS,
@@ -142,7 +106,7 @@
                                           const char **names)
 {
     SDL_VideoData *videoData = (SDL_VideoData *)_this->driverdata;
-    if(!_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle)
+    if(!_this->vulkan_config.vkGetInstanceProcAddr)
     {
         SDL_SetError("Vulkan is not loaded");
         return SDL_FALSE;
@@ -173,7 +137,7 @@
     SDL_VideoData *videoData = (SDL_VideoData *)_this->driverdata;
     SDL_WindowData *windowData = (SDL_WindowData *)window->driverdata;
     PFN_vkGetInstanceProcAddr vkGetInstanceProcAddr;
-    if(!_this->vulkan_config.loader_handle)
+    if(!_this->vulkan_config.vkGetInstanceProcAddr)
     {
         SDL_SetError("Vulkan is not loaded");
         return SDL_FALSE;