diff --git a/packages/core/e2e/fixtures/test-plugins.ts b/packages/core/e2e/fixtures/test-plugins.ts
index df23b68e38..5ed76b3e18 100644
--- a/packages/core/e2e/fixtures/test-plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/core/e2e/fixtures/test-plugins.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,26 @@ export class TestShopPluginResolver {
 })
 export class TestAPIExtensionPlugin {}
 
+@Resolver()
+export class TestLazyResolver {
+    @Query()
+    lazy() {
+        return 'sleeping';
+    }
+}
+
+@VendurePlugin({
+    shopApiExtensions: {
+        resolvers: () => [TestLazyResolver],
+        schema: () => gql`
+            extend type Query {
+                lazy: String!
+            }
+        `,
+    },
+})
+export class TestLazyExtensionPlugin {}
+
 @Injectable()
 export class NameService {
     getNames(): string[] {
diff --git a/packages/core/e2e/plugin.e2e-spec.ts b/packages/core/e2e/plugin.e2e-spec.ts
index c98342e33f..c6ad0cef37 100644
--- a/packages/core/e2e/plugin.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/e2e/plugin.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { ConfigService } from '../src/config/config.service';
 import { TEST_SETUP_TIMEOUT_MS } from './config/test-config';
 import {
     TestAPIExtensionPlugin,
+    TestLazyExtensionPlugin,
     TestPluginWithAllLifecycleHooks,
     TestPluginWithConfigAndBootstrap,
     TestPluginWithProvider,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ describe('Plugins', () => {
                     TestPluginWithConfigAndBootstrap.setup(bootstrapMockFn),
                     TestAPIExtensionPlugin,
                     TestPluginWithProvider,
+                    TestLazyExtensionPlugin,
                 ],
             },
         );
@@ -85,6 +87,15 @@ describe('Plugins', () => {
         expect(result.baz).toEqual(['quux']);
     });
 
+    it('allows lazy evaluation of API extension', async () => {
+        const result = await shopClient.query(gql`
+            query {
+                lazy
+            }
+        `);
+        expect(result.lazy).toEqual('sleeping');
+    });
+
     it('generates ListQueryOptions for api extensions', async () => {
         const result = await adminClient.query(gql`
             query {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/config/configure-graphql-module.ts b/packages/core/src/api/config/configure-graphql-module.ts
index 41fae669bc..443ad6ece9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/config/configure-graphql-module.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/config/configure-graphql-module.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ async function createGraphQLOptions(
         let schema = buildSchema(typeDefs);
 
         getPluginAPIExtensions(configService.plugins, apiType)
-            .map(e => e.schema)
+            .map(e => (typeof e.schema === 'function' ? e.schema() : e.schema))
             .filter(notNullOrUndefined)
             .forEach(documentNode => (schema = extendSchema(schema, documentNode)));
         schema = generateListOptions(schema);
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-metadata.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-metadata.ts
index f749804845..29b39a6f7b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-metadata.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/plugin-metadata.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,16 @@ export function graphQLResolversFor(
     plugin: Type<any> | DynamicModule,
     apiType: 'shop' | 'admin',
 ): Array<Type<any>> {
-    const apiExtensions =
+    const apiExtensions: APIExtensionDefinition =
         apiType === 'shop'
             ? reflectMetadata(plugin, PLUGIN_METADATA.SHOP_API_EXTENSIONS)
             : reflectMetadata(plugin, PLUGIN_METADATA.ADMIN_API_EXTENSIONS);
 
-    return apiExtensions ? apiExtensions.resolvers : [];
+    return apiExtensions
+        ? typeof apiExtensions.resolvers === 'function'
+            ? apiExtensions.resolvers()
+            : apiExtensions.resolvers
+        : [];
 }
 
 function reflectMetadata(metatype: Type<any> | DynamicModule, metadataKey: string) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/plugin/vendure-plugin.ts b/packages/core/src/plugin/vendure-plugin.ts
index 11a2764862..fbd6325f31 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/plugin/vendure-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/plugin/vendure-plugin.ts
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ export interface APIExtensionDefinition {
      * }`;
      * ```
      */
-    schema?: DocumentNode;
+    schema?: DocumentNode | (() => DocumentNode);
     /**
      * @description
      * An array of resolvers for the schema extensions. Should be defined as [Nestjs GraphQL resolver](https://docs.nestjs.com/graphql/resolvers-map)
      * classes, i.e. using the Nest `\@Resolver()` decorator etc.
      */
-    resolvers: Array<Type<any>>;
+    resolvers: Array<Type<any>> | (() => Array<Type<any>>);
 }
 
 /**