diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d7aeab6340a..105d4d2cda5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install meson
     # On push to master, increment patch version and create a new tag on release
     - name: Increment patch version
       if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
diff --git a/scripts/archive-source.sh b/scripts/archive-source.sh
index cd12ea384fd..08d6e4e2479 100755
--- a/scripts/archive-source.sh
+++ b/scripts/archive-source.sh
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ submodules="$submodules tests/fp/berkeley-softfloat-3 tests/fp/berkeley-testfloa
 submodules="$submodules ui/thirdparty/imgui ui/thirdparty/implot ui/thirdparty/httplib util/xxHash tomlplusplus genconfig"
 submodules="$submodules hw/xbox/nv2a/pgraph/thirdparty/nv2a_vsh_cpu"
 
+subprojects="glslang SPIRV-Reflect volk VulkanMemoryAllocator"
+
 sub_deinit=""
 
 function cleanup() {
@@ -56,6 +58,14 @@ function tree_ish() {
 
 git archive --format tar "$(tree_ish)" > "$tar_file"
 test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to archive qemu"
+
+for sp in $subprojects; do
+    meson subprojects download $sp
+    # test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to download subproject $sp"
+    tar --append --file "$tar_file" --exclude=.git subprojects/$sp
+    test $? -ne 0 && error "failed to append subproject $sp to $tar_file"
+done
+
 for sm in $submodules; do
     status="$(git submodule status "$sm")"
     smhash="${status#[ +-]}"