diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 36592779..9f229683 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1157,3 +1157,6 @@
 [submodule "libraries/drivers/as7331"]
 	path = libraries/drivers/as7331
 	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_AS7331.git
+[submodule "libraries/drivers/apds9999"]
+	path = libraries/drivers/apds9999
+	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_APDS9999.git
diff --git a/docs/drivers.rst b/docs/drivers.rst
index dab8c3c7..87b146fc 100644
--- a/docs/drivers.rst
+++ b/docs/drivers.rst
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ These sensors detect light related attributes such as ``color``, ``light`` (unit
 .. toctree::
 
     APDS9960 Proximity, Light, RGB, and Gesture (adafruit_apds9960) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/apds9960/en/latest/>
+    APDS9999 Proximity, Light, RGB, and IR  (adafruit_apds9999) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/apds9999/en/latest/>
     AS726x Color Spectrum Sensor (adafruit_as726x) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/as726x/en/latest/>
     AS7331 UV / UVA / UVB / UVC Sensor (adafruit_as7331) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/as7331/en/latest/>
     AS7341 11-Channel Multi-Spectral Digital Sensor (adafruit_as7341) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/as7341/en/latest/>
diff --git a/libraries/drivers/apds9999 b/libraries/drivers/apds9999
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..0a74becf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/drivers/apds9999
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0a74becfda1aaf1a326ea904aefa19c3cd97540f