diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 152515d..e7bcbe5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -205,11 +205,9 @@ Make a lazily-loaded version of a Component.
 import { lazy, LocationProvider, Router } from 'preact-iso';
 
 // Synchronous, not code-splitted:
-// import Home from './routes/home.js';
-// import Profile from './routes/profile.js';
+import Home from './routes/home.js';
 
 // Asynchronous, code-splitted:
-const Home = lazy(() => import('./routes/home.js'));
 const Profile = lazy(() => import('./routes/profile.js'));
 
 const App = () => (
@@ -222,6 +220,20 @@ const App = () => (
 );
 ```
 
+The result of `lazy()` also exposes a `preload()` method that can be used to load the component before it's needed for rendering. Entirely optional, but can be useful on focus, mouse over, etc. to start loading the component a bit earlier than it otherwise would be.
+
+```js
+const Profile = lazy(() => import('./routes/profile.js'));
+
+function Home() {
+    return (
+        <a href="/profile" onMouseOver={() => Profile.preload()}>
+            Profile Page -- Hover over me to preload the module!
+        </a>
+    );
+}
+```
+
 ### `ErrorBoundary`
 
 A simple component to catch errors in the component tree below it.
diff --git a/src/lazy.d.ts b/src/lazy.d.ts
index 829cdf3..24e3b1b 100644
--- a/src/lazy.d.ts
+++ b/src/lazy.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { ComponentChildren, VNode } from 'preact';
 
-export default function lazy<T>(load: () => Promise<{ default: T } | T>): T;
+export default function lazy<T>(load: () => Promise<{ default: T } | T>): T & {
+	preload: () => Promise<T>;
+};
 
 export function ErrorBoundary(props: { children?: ComponentChildren; onError?: (error: Error) => void }): VNode;
diff --git a/src/lazy.js b/src/lazy.js
index 9670e8d..564cdae 100644
--- a/src/lazy.js
+++ b/src/lazy.js
@@ -3,14 +3,25 @@ import { useState, useRef } from 'preact/hooks';
 
 export default function lazy(load) {
 	let p, c;
-	return props => {
+
+	const loadModule = () =>
+		load().then(m => (c = (m && m.default) || m));
+
+	const LazyComponent = props => {
 		const [, update] = useState(0);
 		const r = useRef(c);
-		if (!p) p = load().then(m => (c = (m && m.default) || m));
+		if (!p) p = loadModule();
 		if (c !== undefined) return h(c, props);
 		if (!r.current) r.current = p.then(() => update(1));
 		throw p;
 	};
+
+	LazyComponent.preload = () => {
+		if (!p) p = loadModule();
+		return p;
+	}
+
+	return LazyComponent;
 }
 
 // See https://github.com/preactjs/preact/blob/88680e91ec0d5fc29d38554a3e122b10824636b6/compat/src/suspense.js#L5
diff --git a/test/lazy.test.js b/test/lazy.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d16015f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lazy.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { h, render } from 'preact';
+import * as chai from 'chai';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import sinonChai from 'sinon-chai';
+
+import { LocationProvider, Router } from '../src/router.js';
+import lazy from '../src/lazy.js';
+
+const expect = chai.expect;
+chai.use(sinonChai);
+
+describe('lazy', () => {
+	let scratch;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		if (scratch) {
+			render(null, scratch);
+			scratch.remove();
+		}
+		scratch = document.createElement('scratch');
+		document.body.appendChild(scratch);
+		history.replaceState(null, null, '/');
+	});
+
+
+	it('should support preloading lazy imports', async () => {
+		const A = () => <h1>A</h1>;
+		const loadB = sinon.fake(() => Promise.resolve(() => <h1>B</h1>));
+		const B = lazy(loadB);
+
+		render(
+			<LocationProvider>
+				<Router>
+					<A path="/" />
+					<B path="/b" />
+				</Router>
+			</LocationProvider>,
+			scratch
+		);
+
+		expect(loadB).not.to.have.been.called;
+		await B.preload();
+		expect(loadB).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+	});
+});