diff --git a/config/mongodb.php b/config/mongodb.php
index 2aa06a61..110760e3 100644
--- a/config/mongodb.php
+++ b/config/mongodb.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use Doctrine\Bundle\MongoDBBundle\Repository\ContainerRepositoryFactory;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\DocumentManager;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Tools\ResolveTargetDocumentListener;
-use ProxyManager\Proxy\GhostObjectInterface;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\ContainerAwareEventManager;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Security\User\EntityUserProvider;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator\ContainerConfigurator;
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@
                 '%doctrine_mongodb.odm.document_managers%',
                 '%doctrine_mongodb.odm.default_connection%',
                 '%doctrine_mongodb.odm.default_document_manager%',
-                GhostObjectInterface::class,
+                abstract_arg('Proxy Interface Name'),
                 service('service_container'),
             ])
 
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index 83f05aa9..3f3cc2c7 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use function is_array;
 use function is_string;
 use function json_decode;
+use function method_exists;
 use function preg_match;
 
 /**
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
             ->children()
                 ->scalarNode('proxy_namespace')->defaultValue('MongoDBODMProxies')->end()
                 ->scalarNode('proxy_dir')->defaultValue('%kernel.cache_dir%/doctrine/odm/mongodb/Proxies')->end()
+                ->booleanNode('enable_lazy_ghost_objects')
+                    ->defaultValue(method_exists(ODMConfiguration::class, 'setUseLazyGhostObject'))
+                    ->validate()
+                        ->ifTrue(static fn ($v) => $v === true && ! method_exists(ODMConfiguration::class, 'setUseLazyGhostObject'))
+                        ->thenInvalid('Lazy ghost objects require doctrine/mongodb-odm 2.10 or higher.')
+                    ->end()
+                ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('auto_generate_proxy_classes')
                     ->defaultValue(ODMConfiguration::AUTOGENERATE_EVAL)
                     ->beforeNormalization()
diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php b/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
index 33d8baa2..ac844ea0 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/DoctrineMongoDBExtension.php
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Annotations\Document;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Mapping\Driver\AttributeDriver;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Mapping\Driver\MappingDriverChain;
+use Doctrine\Persistence\Proxy;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use MongoDB\Client;
+use ProxyManager\Proxy\LazyLoadingInterface;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\DependencyInjection\AbstractDoctrineExtension;
 use Symfony\Bridge\Doctrine\Messenger\DoctrineClearEntityManagerWorkerSubscriber;
 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\ApcuAdapter;
@@ -106,6 +108,10 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
             $container->removeDefinition('doctrine_mongodb.odm.command.load_data_fixtures');
         }
 
+        // Requires doctrine/mongodb-odm 2.10
+        $container->getDefinition('doctrine_mongodb')
+            ->setArgument(5, $config['enable_lazy_ghost_objects'] ? Proxy::class : LazyLoadingInterface::class);
+
         // load the connections
         $this->loadConnections($config['connections'], $container);
 
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container): void
             $config['default_document_manager'],
             $config['default_database'],
             $container,
+            $config['enable_lazy_ghost_objects'],
         );
 
         if ($config['resolve_target_documents']) {
@@ -198,7 +205,7 @@ protected function overrideParameters(array $options, ContainerBuilder $containe
      * @param string           $defaultDB The default db name
      * @param ContainerBuilder $container A ContainerBuilder instance
      */
-    protected function loadDocumentManagers(array $dmConfigs, string|null $defaultDM, string $defaultDB, ContainerBuilder $container): void
+    protected function loadDocumentManagers(array $dmConfigs, string|null $defaultDM, string $defaultDB, ContainerBuilder $container, bool $useLazyGhostObject = false): void
     {
         $dms = [];
         foreach ($dmConfigs as $name => $documentManager) {
@@ -208,6 +215,7 @@ protected function loadDocumentManagers(array $dmConfigs, string|null $defaultDM
                 $defaultDM,
                 $defaultDB,
                 $container,
+                $useLazyGhostObject,
             );
             $dms[$name] = sprintf('doctrine_mongodb.odm.%s_document_manager', $name);
         }
@@ -223,7 +231,7 @@ protected function loadDocumentManagers(array $dmConfigs, string|null $defaultDM
      * @param string           $defaultDB       The default db name
      * @param ContainerBuilder $container       A ContainerBuilder instance
      */
-    protected function loadDocumentManager(array $documentManager, string|null $defaultDM, string $defaultDB, ContainerBuilder $container): void
+    protected function loadDocumentManager(array $documentManager, string|null $defaultDM, string $defaultDB, ContainerBuilder $container, bool $useLazyGhostObject = false): void
     {
         $connectionName  = $documentManager['connection'] ?? $documentManager['name'];
         $configurationId = sprintf('doctrine_mongodb.odm.%s_configuration', $documentManager['name']);
@@ -257,6 +265,10 @@ protected function loadDocumentManager(array $documentManager, string|null $defa
             'setAutoGeneratePersistentCollectionClasses' => '%doctrine_mongodb.odm.auto_generate_persistent_collection_classes%',
         ];
 
+        if ($useLazyGhostObject) {
+            $methods['setUseLazyGhostObject'] = $useLazyGhostObject;
+        }
+
         if (method_exists(ODMConfiguration::class, 'setUseTransactionalFlush')) {
             $methods['setUseTransactionalFlush'] = $documentManager['use_transactional_flush'];
         }
diff --git a/tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index d007ab36..d68867c6 100644
--- a/tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/tests/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 use function array_key_exists;
 use function file_get_contents;
+use function method_exists;
 
 class ConfigurationTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ public function testDefaults(): void
             'auto_generate_hydrator_classes' => false,
             'auto_generate_proxy_classes'    => ODMConfiguration::AUTOGENERATE_EVAL,
             'auto_generate_persistent_collection_classes' => ODMConfiguration::AUTOGENERATE_NEVER,
+            'enable_lazy_ghost_objects'      => method_exists(ODMConfiguration::class, 'setUseLazyGhostObject'),
             'default_database'               => 'default',
             'document_managers'              => [],
             'connections'                    => [],
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public function testFullConfiguration(array $config): void
             'auto_generate_hydrator_classes' => 1,
             'auto_generate_proxy_classes'    => ODMConfiguration::AUTOGENERATE_FILE_NOT_EXISTS,
             'auto_generate_persistent_collection_classes' => ODMConfiguration::AUTOGENERATE_EVAL,
+            'enable_lazy_ghost_objects'      => method_exists(ODMConfiguration::class, 'setUseLazyGhostObject'),
             'default_connection'             => 'conn1',
             'default_database'               => 'default_db_name',
             'default_document_manager'       => 'default_dm_name',