diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Container/Attributes/Lazy.php b/src/Illuminate/Container/Attributes/Lazy.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0595ecb0778d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Container/Attributes/Lazy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Container\Attributes;
+
+use Attribute;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\ContextualAttribute;
+use ReflectionNamedType;
+
+#[Attribute(Attribute::TARGET_CLASS | Attribute::TARGET_PARAMETER)]
+class Lazy implements ContextualAttribute
+{
+    public static function resolve(self $attribute, Container $container, ReflectionNamedType $type)
+    {
+        return proxy($type->getName(), static fn () => $container->make($type->getName()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php b/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php
index 45242594d823..c369ff51ebb2 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Container/Container.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Closure;
 use Exception;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Bind;
+use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Lazy;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Scoped;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Singleton;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException;
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 use ReflectionClass;
 use ReflectionException;
 use ReflectionFunction;
+use ReflectionNamedType;
 use ReflectionParameter;
 use TypeError;
 
@@ -1108,12 +1110,13 @@ protected function isBuildable($concrete, $abstract)
      * @template TClass of object
      *
      * @param  \Closure(static, array): TClass|class-string<TClass>  $concrete
+     * @param  array<class-string>  $withoutLazyFor
      * @return TClass
      *
      * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Container\BindingResolutionException
      * @throws \Illuminate\Contracts\Container\CircularDependencyException
      */
-    public function build($concrete)
+    public function build($concrete, $withoutLazyFor = [])
     {
         // If the concrete type is actually a Closure, we will just execute it and
         // hand back the results of the functions, which allows functions to be
@@ -1163,6 +1166,10 @@ public function build($concrete)
             return $instance;
         }
 
+        if (! in_array($concrete, $withoutLazyFor) && ! empty($reflector->getAttributes(Lazy::class))) {
+            return proxy($concrete, fn () => $this->build($concrete, [...$withoutLazyFor, $concrete]));
+        }
+
         $dependencies = $constructor->getParameters();
 
         // Once we have all the constructor's parameters we can create each of the
@@ -1238,7 +1245,7 @@ protected function resolveDependencies(array $dependencies)
             $result = null;
 
             if (! is_null($attribute = Util::getContextualAttributeFromDependency($dependency))) {
-                $result = $this->resolveFromAttribute($attribute);
+                $result = $this->resolveFromAttribute($attribute, $dependency->getType());
             }
 
             // If the class is null, it means the dependency is a string or some other
@@ -1389,7 +1396,7 @@ protected function resolveVariadicClass(ReflectionParameter $parameter)
      * @param  \ReflectionAttribute  $attribute
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function resolveFromAttribute(ReflectionAttribute $attribute)
+    public function resolveFromAttribute(ReflectionAttribute $attribute, ?ReflectionNamedType $type = null)
     {
         $handler = $this->contextualAttributes[$attribute->getName()] ?? null;
 
@@ -1403,7 +1410,7 @@ public function resolveFromAttribute(ReflectionAttribute $attribute)
             throw new BindingResolutionException("Contextual binding attribute [{$attribute->getName()}] has no registered handler.");
         }
 
-        return $handler($instance, $this);
+        return $handler($instance, $this, $type);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Container/ContainerTest.php b/tests/Container/ContainerTest.php
index d5dad019ea28..b5fe4dab3265 100755
--- a/tests/Container/ContainerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Container/ContainerTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Attribute;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Bind;
+use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Lazy;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Scoped;
 use Illuminate\Container\Attributes\Singleton;
 use Illuminate\Container\Container;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\SelfBuilding;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
+use ReflectionClass;
 use stdClass;
 use TypeError;
 
@@ -914,6 +916,98 @@ public function testWithFactoryHasDependency()
         $this->assertEquals('taylor@laravel.com', $r->email);
     }
 
+    public function testLazyObjects()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '8.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Lazy objects are only available in 8.4 and later');
+        }
+
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->bind(IContainerContractStub::class, ContainerImplementationStub::class);
+        $class = $container->make(ProxyDependenciesClass::class);
+        $this->assertTrue((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+        $this->assertTrue($class->stubbyIsSet());
+        $this->assertFalse((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+    }
+
+    public function testObjectWithLazyDependencies()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '8.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Lazy objects are only available in 8.4 and later');
+        }
+
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->bind(IContainerContractStub::class, ContainerImplementationStub::class);
+        $class = $container->make(ClassWithLazyDependencies::class);
+        $this->assertFalse((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+        $this->assertTrue((new ReflectionClass(ContainerDependentStub::class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class->stubby));
+        $this->assertTrue($class->stubbyIsSet());
+        $this->assertFalse((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+    }
+
+    public function testLazyObjectWithLazyDependency()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '8.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Lazy objects are only available in 8.4 and later');
+        }
+
+        ConstructionNotices::reset();
+
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->bind(IContainerContractStub::class, ContainerImplementationStub::class);
+
+        $class = $container->make(LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class);
+        // The object and its dependency are both lazy
+        $this->assertCount(0, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertTrue((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+
+        // Now we call a function on the object to bring its direct dependencies to life
+        $class->setValue('hello');
+
+        // And the object overall is not lazy
+        $this->assertCount(2, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class]);
+        $this->assertFalse((new ReflectionClass($class))->isUninitializedLazyObject($class));
+        // Nor is its non-lazy dependency
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[ClassWithLazyDependencies::class]);
+
+        // now we bring to life `$wholeClassIsLazyDependency`
+        $class->bringDependencyToLife('child dependency');
+        $this->assertCount(4, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[ProxyDependenciesClass::class]);
+        // which also constructs its Container IContainerImplementationStub dependency
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[ContainerImplementationStub::class]);
+
+        $class->lazyAttributeDependency->bringDependencyToLife('grandchild dependency');
+        $this->assertCount(5, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[ContainerDependentStub::class]);
+    }
+
+    public function testLazyObjectAsSingleton()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(phpversion(), '8.4.0', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('Lazy objects are only available in 8.4 and later');
+        }
+
+        ConstructionNotices::reset();
+
+        $container = new Container;
+        $container->singleton(LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class);
+        $class = $container->make(LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class, $class);
+        $this->assertCount(0, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $class2 = $container->make(LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class);
+        $this->assertCount(0, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertSame($class, $class2);
+
+        $class->setValue('hello');
+        $this->assertCount(2, ConstructionNotices::$constructed);
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[ClassWithLazyDependencies::class]);
+        $this->assertTrue(ConstructionNotices::$constructed[LazyClassWithLazyDependency::class]);
+        $this->assertEquals('hello', $class2->value);
+    }
+
     // public function testContainerCanCatchCircularDependency()
     // {
     //     $this->expectException(\Illuminate\Contracts\Container\CircularDependencyException::class);
@@ -959,7 +1053,10 @@ interface IContainerContractStub
 
 class ContainerImplementationStub implements IContainerContractStub
 {
-    //
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        ConstructionNotices::$constructed[self::class] = true;
+    }
 }
 
 class ContainerImplementationStubTwo implements IContainerContractStub
@@ -969,11 +1066,18 @@ class ContainerImplementationStubTwo implements IContainerContractStub
 
 class ContainerDependentStub
 {
+    public $value;
     public $impl;
 
     public function __construct(IContainerContractStub $impl)
     {
         $this->impl = $impl;
+        ConstructionNotices::$constructed[self::class] = true;
+    }
+
+    public function setValue($value)
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1217,3 +1321,79 @@ public function __construct()
         $this->userId = $_SERVER['__withFactory.userId'];
     }
 }
+
+#[Lazy]
+class ProxyDependenciesClass
+{
+    public string $value;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        public IContainerContractStub $stubby
+    ) {
+        ConstructionNotices::$constructed[self::class] = true;
+    }
+
+    public function stubbyIsSet(): bool
+    {
+        return isset($this->stubby);
+    }
+
+    public function setValue(string $value): void
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+}
+
+class ClassWithLazyDependencies
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        #[Lazy]
+        public ContainerDependentStub $stubby
+    ) {
+        ConstructionNotices::$constructed[self::class] = true;
+    }
+
+    public function stubbyIsSet(): bool
+    {
+        return isset($this->stubby);
+    }
+
+    public function bringDependencyToLife($value): void
+    {
+        $this->stubby->setValue($value);
+    }
+}
+
+#[Lazy]
+class LazyClassWithLazyDependency
+{
+    public string $value;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        public ProxyDependenciesClass $wholeClassIsLazyDependency,
+        public ClassWithLazyDependencies $lazyAttributeDependency
+    ) {
+        ConstructionNotices::$constructed[self::class] = true;
+    }
+
+    public function setValue(string $value): void
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+
+    public function bringDependencyToLife(string $value): void
+    {
+        $this->wholeClassIsLazyDependency->setValue($value);
+    }
+}
+
+class ConstructionNotices
+{
+    /** @var array<class-string, true> */
+    public static array $constructed = [];
+
+    public static function reset(): void
+    {
+        self::$constructed = [];
+    }
+}