diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b1413c29a5..3cbd9e1dee 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Core Grammars:
 - enh(json) add json5 support [Kerry Shetline][]
 - fix(css) `unicode-range` parsing, issue #4253 [Kerry Shetline][]
 - fix(csharp) Support digit separators [te-ing][]
+- enh(python) correctly highlight `lazy import` syntax from PEP 810 [Peter Bierma][]
 
 Documentation:
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ CONTRIBUTORS
 [te-ing]: https://github.com/te-ing
 [Anthony Martin]: https://github.com/anthony-c-martin
 [NriotHrreion]: https://github.com/NriotHrreion
+[Peter Bierma]: https://github.com/ZeroIntensity
 
 
 ## Version 11.11.1
diff --git a/src/languages/python.js b/src/languages/python.js
index 2604889790..5c457a1003 100644
--- a/src/languages/python.js
+++ b/src/languages/python.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export default function(hljs) {
     'in',
     'is',
     'lambda',
+    'lazy',
     'match',
     'nonlocal|10',
     'not',
diff --git a/test/markup/python/lazy-import.expect.txt b/test/markup/python/lazy-import.expect.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1a5f56dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/python/lazy-import.expect.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<span class="hljs-keyword">lazy</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> foo
+<span class="hljs-keyword">lazy</span> <span class="hljs-keyword">from</span> foo <span class="hljs-keyword">import</span> bar
diff --git a/test/markup/python/lazy-import.txt b/test/markup/python/lazy-import.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eed07db70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/python/lazy-import.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lazy import foo
+lazy from foo import bar