diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py b/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
index bffa2ddd3cd..6db38de3aa6 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/colorizer.py
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ def make_pat():
         ]) +
         r"))"
     )
+    lazy_softkw = (
+        r"^[ \t]*" +  # at beginning of line + possible indentation
+        r"(?P<LAZY_SOFTKW>lazy)" +
+        r"(?=[ \t]+(?:import|from)\b)"  # followed by 'import' or 'from'
+    )
     builtinlist = [str(name) for name in dir(builtins)
                    if not name.startswith('_') and
                    name not in keyword.kwlist]
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ def make_pat():
     prog = re.compile("|".join([
                                 builtin, comment, string, kw,
                                 match_softkw, case_default,
-                                case_softkw_and_pattern,
+                                case_softkw_and_pattern, lazy_softkw,
                                 any("SYNC", [r"\n"]),
                                ]),
                       re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ def make_pat():
     "CASE_SOFTKW": "KEYWORD",
     "CASE_DEFAULT_UNDERSCORE": "KEYWORD",
     "CASE_SOFTKW2": "KEYWORD",
+    "LAZY_SOFTKW": "KEYWORD",
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_colorizer.py b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_colorizer.py
index 40800df97b0..99cfc479759 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_colorizer.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/idle_test/test_colorizer.py
@@ -542,6 +542,22 @@ def test_case_soft_keyword(self):
         self._assert_highlighting('case _:', {'KEYWORD': [('1.0', '1.4'),
                                                           ('1.5', '1.6')]})
 
+    def test_lazy_soft_keyword(self):
+        # lazy followed by import
+        self._assert_highlighting('lazy import foo',
+                                  {'KEYWORD': [('1.0', '1.4'), ('1.5', '1.11')]})
+        self._assert_highlighting('    lazy import foo',
+                                  {'KEYWORD': [('1.4', '1.8'), ('1.9', '1.15')]})
+
+        # lazy followed by from
+        self._assert_highlighting('lazy from foo import bar',
+                                  {'KEYWORD': [('1.0', '1.4'), ('1.5', '1.9'),
+                                               ('1.14', '1.20')]})
+
+        # lazy not followed by import/from (not highlighted)
+        self._assert_highlighting('lazy = 1', {})
+        self._assert_highlighting('lazy foo', {})
+
     def test_long_multiline_string(self):
         source = textwrap.dedent('''\
             """a