diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver.java
index 6e7b0b7..b8e6855 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/guice/module/GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver.java
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver extends ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateR
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (super.isLazy(descriptor)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         try {
             beanFactory.doResolveDependency(descriptor, beanName, null, null);
         } catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException e) {
@@ -73,7 +77,8 @@ class GuiceAutowireCandidateResolver extends ContextAnnotationAutowireCandidateR
             }
             return true;
         }
-        return super.isLazy(descriptor);
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     protected Object buildLazyResolutionProxy(final DependencyDescriptor descriptor, final String beanName) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/LazyInitializationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/LazyInitializationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce1719e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/guice/LazyInitializationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package org.springframework.guice;
+
+import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
+import org.springframework.guice.annotation.EnableGuiceModules;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class LazyInitializationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void lazyAnnotationIsRespectedOnInjectionPointForGuiceBinding() {
+        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+        context.register(TestConfig.class);
+        context.register(GuiceConfig.class);
+        context.refresh();
+
+        Service service = context.getBean(Service.class);
+
+        assertTrue(AopUtils.isAopProxy(service.getBean()));
+        assertNotNull(context.getBean(TestBean.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void lazyAnnotationIsRespectedOnInjectionPointForSpringBinding() {
+        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext();
+        context.register(TestConfig.class);
+        context.register(SpringConfig.class);
+        context.refresh();
+
+        Service service = context.getBean(Service.class);
+
+        assertTrue(AopUtils.isAopProxy(service.getBean()));
+        assertNotNull(context.getBean(TestBean.class));
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    @EnableGuiceModules
+    static class TestConfig {
+
+        @Bean
+        public Service service(@Lazy TestBean bean) {
+            return new Service(bean);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    static class GuiceConfig {
+
+        @Bean
+        public GuiceModule guiceModule() {
+            return new GuiceModule();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Configuration
+    static class SpringConfig {
+
+        @Bean
+        public TestBean testBean() {
+            return new TestBean();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class GuiceModule extends AbstractModule {
+
+        @Override
+        protected void configure() {
+            bind(TestBean.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Service {
+        private final TestBean bean;
+
+        public Service(TestBean bean) {
+            this.bean = bean;
+        }
+
+        public TestBean getBean() {
+            return bean;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class TestBean {
+    }
+}