diff --git a/_python_utils_tests/test_import.py b/_python_utils_tests/test_import.py
index bcdf773..132a355 100644
--- a/_python_utils_tests/test_import.py
+++ b/_python_utils_tests/test_import.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import collections.abc
 import pathlib
 import sys
+from types import ModuleType
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -203,3 +204,32 @@ def test_import_global_missing_below_detached_module(
 
     assert type(error) is ImportError
     assert str(error) == f'No module named {name}'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'names', [None, ['virtual', 'none', '_private', 'missing']]
+)
+def test_import_global_lazy_module_exports(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch, names: list[str] | None
+) -> None:
+    """Read declared and explicit exports through module __getattr__."""
+    module_name = 'python_utils_lazy_export_fixture'
+    module = ModuleType(module_name)
+    calls: dict[str, int] = {}
+
+    def lookup(name: str) -> types.Any:
+        """Provide public names that are deliberately absent from dir()."""
+        calls[name] = calls.get(name, 0) + 1
+        if name == 'virtual':
+            return 42
+        if name == 'none':
+            return None
+        raise AttributeError(name)
+
+    module.__dict__['__getattr__'] = lookup
+    module.__dict__['__all__'] = ['virtual', 'none', '_private', 'missing']
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, module_name, module)
+    scope: dict[str, types.Any] = {}
+    import_.import_global(module_name, names, locals_={}, globals_=scope)
+    assert scope == {'virtual': 42, 'none': None}
+    assert calls['virtual'] == calls['none'] == 1
diff --git a/python_utils/import_.py b/python_utils/import_.py
index 1b070ba..ef45c17 100644
--- a/python_utils/import_.py
+++ b/python_utils/import_.py
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ def import_global(  # noqa: C901
             for everything. An empty list also imports everything. A single
             name needs a list as well, a bare string is read as a collection
             of one-character names. Names that start with an underscore are
-            never imported.
+            never imported. Declared or explicitly requested names may be
+            provided lazily by the module, even if absent from ``dir()``.
         exceptions (Exception): the exception to catch, e.g. ImportError
         locals_: the `locals()` method (in case you need a different scope)
         globals_: the `globals()` method (in case you need a different scope)
@@ -136,12 +137,15 @@ def import_global(  # noqa: C901
             if not modules:
                 modules_set = set(getattr(module, '__all__', dir(module)))
             else:
-                modules_set = set(modules).intersection(dir(module))
+                modules_set = set(modules)
 
             # Add all items in modules to the global scope
-            for k in set(dir(module)).intersection(modules_set):
+            missing = object()
+            for k in modules_set:
                 if k and k[0] != '_':
-                    globals_[k] = getattr(module, k)
+                    value = getattr(module, k, missing)
+                    if value is not missing:
+                        globals_[k] = value
         except exceptions as e:
             return e
     finally: