diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 617ad69b..91d16cd9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -412,3 +412,6 @@
 [submodule "libraries/helpers/logging"]
 	path = libraries/helpers/logging
 	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Logger
+[submodule "libraries/helpers/adafruitio"]
+	path = libraries/helpers/adafruitio
+	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_AdafruitIO.git
diff --git a/libraries/helpers/adafruitio b/libraries/helpers/adafruitio
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2ae87415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/helpers/adafruitio
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2ae87415417a2c533d83e2613ec5fc5a177a5dbc