diff --git a/internal/configs/import.go b/internal/configs/import.go
index dc664262f4..f885f267ce 100644
--- a/internal/configs/import.go
+++ b/internal/configs/import.go
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ type Import struct {
 
 	ForEach hcl.Expression
 
+	// Enabled is the expression for the lifecycle.enabled meta-argument.
+	// If nil, the import is enabled by default.
+	Enabled hcl.Expression
+
 	ProviderConfigRef *ProviderConfigRef
 	Provider          addrs.Provider
 
@@ -118,6 +122,62 @@ func decodeImportBlock(block *hcl.Block) (*Import, hcl.Diagnostics) {
 		imp.ForEach = attr.Expr
 	}
 
+	// Handle lifecycle block
+	var seenLifecycle *hcl.Block
+	for _, block := range content.Blocks {
+		if block.Type == "lifecycle" {
+			if seenLifecycle != nil {
+				diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+					Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+					Summary:  "Duplicate lifecycle block",
+					Detail:   "Only one lifecycle block is allowed per import block.",
+					Subject:  &block.DefRange,
+				})
+				continue
+			}
+			seenLifecycle = block
+
+			lcContent, lcDiags := block.Body.Content(importLifecycleBlockSchema)
+			diags = append(diags, lcDiags...)
+
+			if attr, exists := lcContent.Attributes["enabled"]; exists {
+				imp.Enabled = attr.Expr
+			}
+
+			// Check for other lifecycle attributes that are not valid for import blocks
+			for name, attr := range lcContent.Attributes {
+				if name != "enabled" {
+					diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+						Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+						Summary:  "Invalid import lifecycle argument",
+						Detail:   "The lifecycle argument \"" + name + "\" is not valid for import blocks. Only \"enabled\" is supported.",
+						Subject:  attr.NameRange.Ptr(),
+					})
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Import blocks don't support lifecycle preconditions/postconditions
+			for _, block := range lcContent.Blocks {
+				diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+					Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+					Summary:  "Invalid lifecycle block",
+					Detail:   "Import blocks do not support \"" + block.Type + "\" blocks within lifecycle.",
+					Subject:  block.DefRange.Ptr(),
+				})
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Validate that enabled and for_each are not both specified
+	if imp.Enabled != nil && imp.ForEach != nil {
+		diags = append(diags, &hcl.Diagnostic{
+			Severity: hcl.DiagError,
+			Summary:  "Invalid combination of lifecycle.enabled and for_each",
+			Detail:   "The lifecycle.enabled and for_each meta-arguments cannot be used together in the same import block. Use lifecycle.enabled for single-instance imports or for_each for multiple instances.",
+			Subject:  &block.DefRange,
+		})
+	}
+
 	return imp, diags
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +198,19 @@ var importBlockSchema = &hcl.BodySchema{
 			Name: "for_each",
 		},
 	},
+	Blocks: []hcl.BlockHeaderSchema{
+		{Type: "lifecycle"},
+	},
+}
+
+var importLifecycleBlockSchema = &hcl.BodySchema{
+	// We tell HCL that these elements are valid but we'll validate
+	// after decoding to return more specific error messages.
+	Attributes: []hcl.AttributeSchema{
+		{
+			Name: "enabled",
+		},
+	},
 }
 
 // absTraversalForImportToExpr returns a static traversal of an import block's "to" field.
diff --git a/internal/tofu/context_import.go b/internal/tofu/context_import.go
index a379519104..a4975c42c1 100644
--- a/internal/tofu/context_import.go
+++ b/internal/tofu/context_import.go
@@ -120,6 +120,20 @@ func (ri *ImportResolver) ValidateImportIDs(ctx context.Context, importTarget *I
 	// relative to the root module
 	rootCtx := evalCtx.WithPath(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
 
+	// Check if the import is enabled via lifecycle.enabled
+	if importTarget.Config.Enabled != nil {
+		enabled, enabledDiags := evaluateEnabledExpression(ctx, importTarget.Config.Enabled, rootCtx)
+		diags = diags.Append(enabledDiags)
+		if diags.HasErrors() {
+			return diags
+		}
+
+		// If the import is disabled, skip validation
+		if !enabled {
+			return diags
+		}
+	}
+
 	if importTarget.Config.ForEach != nil {
 		const unknownsNotAllowed = false
 		const tupleAllowed = true
@@ -170,6 +184,20 @@ func (ri *ImportResolver) ExpandAndResolveImport(ctx context.Context, importTarg
 	// relative to the root module
 	rootCtx := evalCtx.WithPath(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
 
+	// Check if the import is enabled via lifecycle.enabled
+	if importTarget.Config.Enabled != nil {
+		enabled, enabledDiags := evaluateEnabledExpression(ctx, importTarget.Config.Enabled, rootCtx)
+		diags = diags.Append(enabledDiags)
+		if diags.HasErrors() {
+			return diags
+		}
+
+		// If the import is disabled, skip it entirely
+		if !enabled {
+			return diags
+		}
+	}
+
 	if importTarget.Config.ForEach != nil {
 		const unknownsNotAllowed = false
 		const tupleAllowed = true