diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7e5cbcd6..fad13329 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1178,3 +1178,6 @@
 [submodule "libraries/drivers/ads122c04"]
 	path = libraries/drivers/ads122c04
 	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_ADS122C04.git
+[submodule "libraries/drivers/max44009"]
+	path = libraries/drivers/max44009
+	url = https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_MAX44009.git
diff --git a/docs/drivers.rst b/docs/drivers.rst
index 3f01cb14..9c9b300a 100644
--- a/docs/drivers.rst
+++ b/docs/drivers.rst
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ These sensors detect light related attributes such as ``color``, ``light`` (unit
     GUVx I2C UV Light Sensors (adafruit_guvx-i2c) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/guvx-i2c/en/latest/>
     LTR329 LTR303 Light Sensors (adafruit_ltr329-ltr303) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/ltr329-ltr303/en/latest/>
     LTR390 Ambient Light and UV Sensor (adafruit_ltr390) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/ltr390/en/latest/>
+    MAX44009 Wide-range Lux Light Sensor (adafruit_max44009) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/max44009/en/latest/>
     OPT4048 Tri-Stimulus XYZ Color and Lux Sensor <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/opt4048/en/latest/>
     TCS3430/TCS34303 Tri-Stimulus XYZ Color Sensor (adafruit_tcs3430) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/tcs3430/en/latest/>
     TCS34725 Color Sensor (adafruit_tcs34725) <https://docs.circuitpython.org/projects/tcs34725/en/latest/>
diff --git a/libraries/drivers/max44009 b/libraries/drivers/max44009
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..f486d7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/drivers/max44009
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f486d7dbef85ff4fc479f5c8a4512f4eab32a4c3