diff --git a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
index a20f9262..2f349d83 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ typedef void (*py_TraceFunc)(py_Frame* frame, enum py_TraceEvent);
 
 /// A struct contains the callbacks of the VM.
 typedef struct py_Callbacks {
-    /// Used by `__import__` to load source code of a module.
+    /// Used by `__import__` to load a source module.
     char* (*importfile)(const char*);
+    /// Called before `importfile` to lazy-import a C module.
+    py_GlobalRef (*lazyimport)(const char*);
     /// Used by `print` to output a string.
     void (*print)(const char*);
     /// Flush the output buffer of `print`.
diff --git a/src/interpreter/vm.c b/src/interpreter/vm.c
index adba31d0..234f4e24 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/vm.c
+++ b/src/interpreter/vm.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ void VM__ctor(VM* self) {
     self->main = NULL;
 
     self->callbacks.importfile = pk_default_importfile;
+    self->callbacks.lazyimport = NULL;
     self->callbacks.print = pk_default_print;
     self->callbacks.flush = pk_default_flush;
     self->callbacks.getchr = pk_default_getchr;
diff --git a/src/public/modules.c b/src/public/modules.c
index 7eb54c46..5856d6a7 100644
--- a/src/public/modules.c
+++ b/src/public/modules.c
@@ -146,6 +146,15 @@ int py_import(const char* path_cstr) {
         return true;
     }
 
+    if(vm->callbacks.lazyimport) {
+        py_GlobalRef lazymod = vm->callbacks.lazyimport(path_cstr);
+        if(lazymod) {
+            c11__rtassert(py_istype(lazymod, tp_module));
+            py_assign(py_retval(), lazymod);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
     // try import
     c11_string* slashed_path = c11_sv__replace(path, '.', PK_PLATFORM_SEP);
     c11_string* filename = c11_string__new3("%s.py", slashed_path->data);