diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unittest/testmock/testpatch.py b/Lib/test/test_unittest/testmock/testpatch.py
index bd85fdcfc472a61..c41c70bc89baa63 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unittest/testmock/testpatch.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unittest/testmock/testpatch.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 from test.support.import_helper import DirsOnSysPath
 from test.test_importlib.util import uncache
+lazy from json import dumps as lazy_dumps # noqa: F401
 from unittest.mock import (
     NonCallableMock, CallableMixin, sentinel,
     MagicMock, Mock, NonCallableMagicMock, patch, _patch,
@@ -2101,5 +2102,12 @@ def test(_):
         test()
 
 
+    def test_patch_autospec_lazy_import(self):
+        self.assertIn("lazy_dumps", globals())
+
+        with patch(f"{__name__}.lazy_dumps", autospec=True) as mock_dumps:
+            mock_dumps({})
+            mock_dumps.assert_called_once_with({})
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/mock.py b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
index 49011faaa51eaed..5f270e7a5ea804f 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import sys
 import builtins
 import pkgutil
+import types
 from inspect import iscoroutinefunction
 import threading
 from annotationlib import Format
@@ -1470,6 +1471,8 @@ def get_original(self):
             original = getattr(target, name, DEFAULT)
         else:
             local = True
+            if isinstance(original, types.LazyImportType):
+             original = original.resolve()
 
         if name in _builtins and isinstance(target, ModuleType):
             self.create = True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-18-14-20-13.gh-issue-153888.K9Otcl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-18-14-20-13.gh-issue-153888.K9Otcl.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..278c9560cec216e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-18-14-20-13.gh-issue-153888.K9Otcl.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :func:`unittest.mock.patch` with ``autospec``, ``spec``, or ``spec_set``
+when used with lazy-imported objects.