diff --git a/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenized.sol b/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenized.sol
index e37b7539..579038d8 100644
--- a/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenized.sol
+++ b/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenized.sol
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ contract VaultTokenized is Vault, ERC20Upgradeable, IVaultTokenized {
     /**
      * @inheritdoc ERC20Upgradeable
      */
-    function _update(address from, address to, uint256 value) internal override {
+    function _update(address from, address to, uint256 value) internal virtual override {
         if (from == address(0)) {
             // Overflow check required: The rest of the code assumes that totalSupply never overflows
             _activeShares.push(Time.timestamp(), totalSupply() + value);
diff --git a/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenizedVotes.sol b/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenizedVotes.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b17eaba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/contracts/vault/VaultTokenizedVotes.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+pragma solidity 0.8.25;
+
+import {VotesUpgradeable} from "lib/openzeppelin-contracts-upgradeable/contracts/governance/utils/VotesUpgradeable.sol";
+import {Time} from "@openzeppelin/contracts/utils/types/Time.sol";
+import {VaultTokenized} from "./VaultTokenized.sol";
+
+contract VaultTokenizedVotes is VaultTokenized, VotesUpgradeable {
+    constructor(
+        address delegatorFactory,
+        address slasherFactory,
+        address vaultFactory
+    ) VaultTokenized(delegatorFactory, slasherFactory, vaultFactory) {}
+
+    function clock() public view override returns (uint48) {
+        return Time.timestamp();
+    }
+
+    function CLOCK_MODE() public pure override returns (string memory) {
+        return "mode=timestamp";
+    }
+
+    function _getVotingUnits(
+        address account
+    ) internal view virtual override returns (uint256) {
+        return balanceOf(account);
+    }
+
+    error ERC20ExceededSafeSupply(uint256 increasedSupply, uint256 cap);
+
+    function _maxSupply() internal view virtual returns (uint256) {
+        return type(uint208).max;
+    }
+
+    function _update(address from, address to, uint256 value) internal virtual override {
+        VaultTokenized._update(from, to, value);
+
+        // copied from ERC20Votes._update
+        if (from == address(0)) {
+            uint256 supply = totalSupply();
+            uint256 cap = _maxSupply();
+            if (supply > cap) {
+                revert ERC20ExceededSafeSupply(supply, cap);
+            }
+        }
+        _transferVotingUnits(from, to, value);
+    }
+}