diff --git a/src/Carbon/Traits/Mixin.php b/src/Carbon/Traits/Mixin.php
index 3aedfa24..8167b96c 100644
--- a/src/Carbon/Traits/Mixin.php
+++ b/src/Carbon/Traits/Mixin.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use ReflectionClass;
 use ReflectionException;
 use ReflectionMethod;
+use ReflectionNamedType;
 use Throwable;
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ private static function loadMixinClass(object|string $mixin): void
         );
 
         foreach ($methods as $method) {
-            if ($method->isConstructor() || $method->isDestructor()) {
+            if (self::cannotBeAMixinMethod($method)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -91,6 +92,36 @@ private static function loadMixinClass(object|string $mixin): void
         }
     }
 
+    private static function cannotBeAMixinMethod(ReflectionMethod $method): bool
+    {
+        if ($method->isConstructor() || $method->isDestructor()) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        $returnType = $method->getReturnType();
+
+        if ($returnType instanceof ReflectionNamedType) {
+            $returnedTypeName = $returnType->getName();
+
+            if ($returnType->isBuiltin()) {
+                return !\in_array($returnedTypeName, [
+                    'callable',
+                    'object', // could have __invoke
+                    'array', // could be [MyClass::class, 'myMethod']
+                    'mixed', // could be one of the above
+                    // The other builtin types cannot be callable, so we can skip invoking them
+                ], true);
+            }
+
+            // If it returns a non-invokable object, it cannot be a mixin method
+            if (class_exists($returnedTypeName)) {
+                return !\is_callable([$returnedTypeName, '__invoke']);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     private static function loadMixinTrait(string $trait): void
     {
         $context = eval(self::getAnonymousClassCodeForTrait($trait));
diff --git a/tests/CarbonImmutable/MacroTest.php b/tests/CarbonImmutable/MacroTest.php
index f30a0b42..2952de09 100644
--- a/tests/CarbonImmutable/MacroTest.php
+++ b/tests/CarbonImmutable/MacroTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use BadMethodCallException;
 use Carbon\CarbonImmutable as Carbon;
 use CarbonTimezoneTrait;
+use Closure;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RequiresPhpExtension;
 use SubCarbonImmutable;
 use Tests\AbstractTestCaseWithOldNow;
@@ -172,4 +173,95 @@ public function testSubClassMacro()
 
         SubCarbonImmutable::resetMacros();
     }
+
+    public function testLazyMixinMethodCall()
+    {
+        $test = new class () {
+            public static array $calledMethods = [];
+
+            public function __construct()
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+            }
+
+            public function __destruct()
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+            }
+
+            public static function noReturnType()
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return static fn () => 'foo';
+            }
+
+            public static function returnVoid(): void
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+            }
+
+            public static function returnArray(): array
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return [];
+            }
+
+            public static function returnObject(): object
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return (object) [];
+            }
+
+            public static function returnClosure(): Closure
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return static fn () => 'foo';
+            }
+
+            public static function returnMixed(): mixed
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return static fn () => 'foo';
+            }
+
+            public static function returnOtherBuiltIn(): bool
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            public static function returnUnion(): bool|array
+            {
+                self::$calledMethods[] = __METHOD__;
+
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            public static function getCalledMethods(): array
+            {
+                return self::$calledMethods;
+            }
+        };
+
+        Carbon::mixin($test);
+        Carbon::resetMacros();
+
+        $this->assertSame([
+            '__construct', // Only happening because of $test = new class()... but none from Carbon::mixin()
+            'noReturnType',
+            'returnArray',
+            'returnObject',
+            'returnMixed',
+            'returnUnion',
+        ], array_map(
+            static fn (string $name) => explode('::', $name, 2)[1],
+            $test::getCalledMethods(),
+        ));
+    }
 }