diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/__init__.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/__init__.py
index ab1c61ff88f..400f7c709b0 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/widgets/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+from collections.abc import Callable
 import sys
+from typing import Any
 
 from esphome import codegen as cg, config_validation as cv
 from esphome.automation import register_action
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ from esphome.const import (
 from esphome.core import ID, EsphomeError, TimePeriod
 from esphome.coroutine import FakeAwaitable
 from esphome.cpp_generator import MockObj
+from esphome.schema_extractors import EnableSchemaExtraction
 from esphome.types import Expression
 
 from ..defines import (
@@ -73,6 +76,34 @@ from ..types import (
 EVENT_LAMB = "event_lamb__"
 
 
+def _build_update_schema(widget_type: "WidgetType") -> Schema:
+    # Local import: ..schemas imports WidgetType from this module.
+    from ..schemas import base_update_schema
+
+    return base_update_schema(widget_type, widget_type.parts).extend(
+        widget_type.modify_schema
+    )
+
+
+def _update_action_schema(
+    widget_type: "WidgetType",
+) -> Schema | Callable[[Any], Any]:
+    # Eager when extracting so build_language_schema.py sees the mapping;
+    # lazy otherwise to skip ~200 ms of import-time voluptuous work.
+    if EnableSchemaExtraction:
+        return _build_update_schema(widget_type)
+
+    cached: Schema | None = None
+
+    def validator(value: Any) -> Any:
+        nonlocal cached
+        if cached is None:
+            cached = _build_update_schema(widget_type)
+        return cached(value)
+
+    return validator
+
+
 class WidgetType:
     """
     Describes a type of Widget, e.g. "bar" or "line"
@@ -113,18 +144,17 @@ class WidgetType:
 
         # Local import to avoid circular import
         from ..automation import update_to_code
-        from ..schemas import WIDGET_TYPES, base_update_schema
+        from ..schemas import WIDGET_TYPES
 
         if not is_mock:
             if self.name in WIDGET_TYPES:
                 raise EsphomeError(f"Duplicate definition of widget type '{self.name}'")
             WIDGET_TYPES[self.name] = self
 
-            # Register the update action automatically, adding widget-specific properties
             register_action(
                 f"lvgl.{self.name}.update",
                 ObjUpdateAction,
-                base_update_schema(self, self.parts).extend(self.modify_schema),
+                _update_action_schema(self),
                 synchronous=True,
             )(update_to_code)
 
diff --git a/tests/component_tests/lvgl/test_update_action_lazy.py b/tests/component_tests/lvgl/test_update_action_lazy.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fcdc149cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/component_tests/lvgl/test_update_action_lazy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""Tests for lvgl.<widget>.update lazy schema build."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from esphome.automation import ACTION_REGISTRY
+import esphome.components.lvgl  # noqa: F401
+from esphome.components.lvgl.schemas import WIDGET_TYPES
+from esphome.components.lvgl.widgets import _update_action_schema
+from esphome.config_validation import Schema
+
+
+def _widget_type(name: str = "obj"):
+    wt = WIDGET_TYPES.get(name)
+    assert wt is not None, f"widget type {name!r} not registered"
+    return wt
+
+
+def test_registry_entry_uses_lazy_validator() -> None:
+    entry = ACTION_REGISTRY["lvgl.label.update"]
+    assert callable(entry.raw_schema)
+    assert not isinstance(entry.raw_schema, Schema)
+
+
+def test_lazy_validator_defers_build_until_first_call() -> None:
+    wt = _widget_type("label")
+    with patch(
+        "esphome.components.lvgl.widgets._build_update_schema",
+        wraps=lambda w: Schema({}),
+    ) as build_mock:
+        validator = _update_action_schema(wt)
+        assert build_mock.call_count == 0
+        validator({})
+        assert build_mock.call_count == 1
+        validator({})
+        assert build_mock.call_count == 1
+
+
+def test_eager_build_when_schema_extraction_enabled() -> None:
+    wt = _widget_type("label")
+    with patch("esphome.components.lvgl.widgets.EnableSchemaExtraction", True):
+        result = _update_action_schema(wt)
+    assert isinstance(result, Schema)
+
+
+def test_lazy_and_eager_produce_equivalent_validation() -> None:
+    wt = _widget_type("label")
+    with patch("esphome.components.lvgl.widgets.EnableSchemaExtraction", True):
+        eager = _update_action_schema(wt)
+    lazy = _update_action_schema(wt)
+    sample = {"id": "label_id"}
+    assert lazy(sample) == eager(sample)