diff --git a/lib/neovim-plugin.nix b/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
index bbb5324b37..9b97ab8b7b 100644
--- a/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
+++ b/lib/neovim-plugin.nix
@@ -113,6 +113,30 @@
                 '';
                 internal = true;
               };
+
+              lazyLoad = lib.mkOption {
+                default = {
+                  enable = false;
+                };
+                description = ''
+                  Lazy load configuration settings.
+                '';
+                type = lib.types.submodule {
+                  options = {
+                    enable = lib.mkOption {
+                      default = false;
+                      type = lib.types.bool;
+                      description = ''
+                        Whether to lazy load the plugin.
+
+                        If you enable this, the plugin's lua configuration will need to be manually loaded by other means.
+
+                        A usage would be passing the plugin's luaConfig to the `plugins.lz-n.plugins` configuration.
+                      '';
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+              };
             }
             // lib.optionalAttrs hasSettings {
               settings = lib.nixvim.mkSettingsOption {
@@ -157,7 +181,9 @@
                 ])
                 ++ (lib.optionals hasConfigAttrs [
                   (lib.optionalAttrs callSetup { ${namespace}.${name}.luaConfig.content = setupCode; })
-                  (lib.optionalAttrs (configLocation != null) (setLuaConfig cfg.luaConfig.content))
+                  (lib.mkIf (!cfg.lazyLoad.enable) (
+                    lib.optionalAttrs (configLocation != null) (setLuaConfig cfg.luaConfig.content)
+                  ))
                 ])
               )
             );
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/lazy-load.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/lazy-load.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24dc614071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/lazy-load.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  lazy-load-plugin =
+    { config, ... }:
+    {
+      plugins = {
+        lz-n = {
+          enable = true;
+          plugins = [
+            {
+              __unkeyed-1 = "neotest";
+              after.__raw = ''
+                function()
+                  ${config.plugins.neotest.luaConfig.content}
+                end
+              '';
+              keys = [
+                {
+                  __unkeyed-1 = "<leader>nt";
+                  __unkeyed-3 = "<CMD>Neotest summary<CR>";
+                  desc = "Summary toggle";
+                }
+              ];
+
+            }
+          ];
+        };
+
+        neotest = {
+          enable = true;
+          lazyLoad.enable = true;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+}