diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b45b10fd..a0538ad8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -184,3 +184,6 @@
 [submodule "libraries/drivers/veml6070"]
 	path = libraries/drivers/veml6070
 	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_VEML6070.git
+[submodule "libraries/helpers/fancyled"]
+	path = libraries/helpers/fancyled
+	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_FancyLED.git
diff --git a/libraries/helpers/fancyled b/libraries/helpers/fancyled
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b40b9c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/helpers/fancyled
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b40b9c47778ddc38fb651903cfe689e293dc83d7