diff --git a/entry/entry-complete.js b/entry/entry-complete.js
index 5ff8ef3a..6fbca4d5 100644
--- a/entry/entry-complete.js
+++ b/entry/entry-complete.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import Transition from '../src/components/transition'
 // Optional components
 import Swipe from '../src/components/swipe'
 import Images from '../src/components/images'
+import Lazy from '../src/components/lazy'
 import Anchors from '../src/components/anchors'
 import Controls from '../src/components/controls'
 import Keyboard from '../src/components/keyboard'
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ const COMPONENTS = {
   Controls,
   Keyboard,
   Autoplay,
-  Breakpoints
+  Breakpoints,
+  Lazy
 }
 
 export default class Glide extends Core {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d88ade6d..72a5c933 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@glidejs/glide",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.6.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "version": "3.5.0",
+      "name": "@glidejs/glide",
+      "version": "3.6.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.16.0",
diff --git a/src/assets/sass/glide.core.scss b/src/assets/sass/glide.core.scss
index 87f99d7f..389a66b6 100644
--- a/src/assets/sass/glide.core.scss
+++ b/src/assets/sass/glide.core.scss
@@ -68,4 +68,24 @@
   &#{$sm}rtl {
     direction: rtl;
   }
+
+  &__lazy__loaded {
+    -webkit-animation: fadeInFromNone 0.5s ease-in 0s forwards;
+          animation: fadeInFromNone 0.5s ease-in 0s forwards;
+  }
 }
+
+@keyframes fadeInFromNone {
+  0% {
+    visibility: hidden;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  1% {
+    visibility: visible;
+    opacity: 0;
+  }
+  100% {
+    visibility: visible;
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/lazy.js b/src/components/lazy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0830dc60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/lazy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import { throttle } from '../utils/wait'
+
+export default function (Glide, Components, Events) {
+  /**
+   * Holds reference to settings.
+   *
+   * @type {Object}
+   */
+  const settings = Glide.settings
+  let inView = false
+
+  const Lazy = {
+    mount () {
+      /**
+       * Collection of slide elements
+       *
+       * @private
+       * @type {HTMLCollection}
+       */
+      if (settings.lazy) {
+        this._wrapper = Components.Html.root
+        this._slideElements = this._wrapper.querySelectorAll('.glide__slide')
+      }
+    },
+
+    withinView () {
+      let rect = this._wrapper.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+      if (
+        rect.bottom > 0 &&
+        rect.right > 0 &&
+        rect.top <= (window.innerHeight * settings.lazyScrollThreshold || document.documentElement.clientHeight) * settings.lazyScrollThreshold &&
+        rect.left <= (window.innerWidth * settings.lazyScrollThreshold || document.documentElement.clientWidth * settings.lazyScrollThreshold)
+      ) {
+        this.lazyLoad()
+      }
+    },
+
+    lazyLoad () {
+      let length
+      const additionSlides = settings.lazyInitialSlidesLoaded - 1
+      inView = true
+      if (Glide.index + additionSlides < this._slideElements.length) {
+        length = Glide.index + additionSlides
+      } else {
+        length = Glide.index
+      }
+      for (let i = 0; i <= length; i++) {
+        const img = this._slideElements[i].getElementsByTagName('img')[0]
+        if (img && img.classList.contains('glide__lazy')) {
+          if (!this._slideElements[i].classList.contains('glide__lazy__loaded')) {
+            this.loadImage(img)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    loadImage (image) {
+      if (image.dataset.src) {
+        image.src = image.dataset.src
+        image.classList.add('glide__lazy__loaded')
+        image.classList.remove('glide__lazy')
+        image.removeAttribute('data-src')
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  Events.on(['mount.after'], () => {
+    if (settings.lazy) {
+      Lazy.withinView()
+    }
+  })
+
+  Events.on(['move.after'], throttle(() => {
+    if (settings.lazy && inView) {
+      Lazy.lazyLoad()
+    } else if (settings.lazy) {
+      Lazy.withinView()
+    }
+  }, 100))
+
+  document.addEventListener('scroll', throttle(() => {
+    if (settings.lazy && !inView) {
+      Lazy.withinView()
+    }
+  }, 100))
+
+  return Lazy
+}
diff --git a/src/defaults.js b/src/defaults.js
index 88063601..9b72d837 100644
--- a/src/defaults.js
+++ b/src/defaults.js
@@ -197,6 +197,29 @@ export default {
    */
   breakpoints: {},
 
+  /**
+   * Enable lazy loading.
+   *
+   * @type {Boolean}
+   */
+  lazy: false,
+
+  /**
+   * Defines the threshold in which lazy loading will begin.
+   * For example: a threshold of 1.2 will load the images if the carousel/slider
+   * is within 120% of the screen width and height
+   *
+   * @type {Number}
+   */
+  lazyScrollThreshold: 1.2,
+
+  /**
+   * Defines the inital amount of slides to be loaded
+   *
+   * @type {Number}
+   */
+  lazyInitialSlidesLoaded: 2,
+
   /**
    * Collection of internally used HTML classes.
    *