diff --git a/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyi b/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyi
index 7a52be6bf..d7124f890 100644
--- a/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyi
+++ b/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyi
@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@ bsd_get_proc_fdno: Callable[[int, int], str]
 
 memory_fd_create: Callable[[], int]
 memory_fd_seal: Callable[[int], None]
+
+class BufferProxy:
+    def _get_real_buffer(self): ...
diff --git a/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyx b/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyx
index 3f296ea2c..03c9937d6 100644
--- a/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyx
+++ b/dmoj/cptbox/_cptbox.pyx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # cython: language_level=3
 from cpython.exc cimport PyErr_NoMemory, PyErr_SetFromErrno
+from cpython.buffer cimport PyObject_GetBuffer
 from cpython.bytes cimport PyBytes_AsString, PyBytes_FromStringAndSize
 from libc.stdio cimport FILE, fopen, fclose, fgets, sprintf
 from libc.stdlib cimport malloc, free, strtoul
@@ -600,3 +601,11 @@ cdef class Process:
         if not self._exited:
             return None
         return self._exitcode
+
+
+cdef class BufferProxy:
+    def _get_real_buffer(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def __getbuffer__(self, Py_buffer *buffer, int flags):
+        PyObject_GetBuffer(self._get_real_buffer(), buffer, flags)
diff --git a/dmoj/cptbox/lazy_bytes.py b/dmoj/cptbox/lazy_bytes.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b3cd8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dmoj/cptbox/lazy_bytes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Based off https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/django/utils/functional.py, licensed under 3-clause BSD.
+from functools import total_ordering
+
+from dmoj.cptbox._cptbox import BufferProxy
+
+_SENTINEL = object()
+
+
+@total_ordering
+class LazyBytes(BufferProxy):
+    """
+    Encapsulate a function call and act as a proxy for methods that are
+    called on the result of that function. The function is not evaluated
+    until one of the methods on the result is called.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, func):
+        self.__func = func
+        self.__value = _SENTINEL
+
+    def __get_value(self):
+        if self.__value is _SENTINEL:
+            self.__value = self.__func()
+        return self.__value
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_promise(cls, method_name):
+        # Builds a wrapper around some magic method
+        def wrapper(self, *args, **kw):
+            # Automatically triggers the evaluation of a lazy value and
+            # applies the given magic method of the result type.
+            res = self.__get_value()
+            return getattr(res, method_name)(*args, **kw)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    def __cast(self):
+        return bytes(self.__get_value())
+
+    def _get_real_buffer(self):
+        return self.__cast()
+
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        return self.__cast()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self.__cast())
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.__cast())
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, LazyBytes):
+            other = other.__cast()
+        return self.__cast() == other
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, LazyBytes):
+            other = other.__cast()
+        return self.__cast() < other
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(self.__cast())
+
+    def __mod__(self, rhs):
+        return self.__cast() % rhs
+
+    def __add__(self, other):
+        return self.__cast() + other
+
+    def __radd__(self, other):
+        return other + self.__cast()
+
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo):
+        # Instances of this class are effectively immutable. It's just a
+        # collection of functions. So we don't need to do anything
+        # complicated for copying.
+        memo[id(self)] = self
+        return self
+
+
+for type_ in bytes.mro():
+    for method_name in type_.__dict__:
+        # All __promise__ return the same wrapper method, they
+        # look up the correct implementation when called.
+        if hasattr(LazyBytes, method_name):
+            continue
+        setattr(LazyBytes, method_name, LazyBytes._create_promise(method_name))
diff --git a/dmoj/graders/standard.py b/dmoj/graders/standard.py
index 3729f3400..013418b15 100644
--- a/dmoj/graders/standard.py
+++ b/dmoj/graders/standard.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from dmoj.checkers import CheckerOutput
 from dmoj.cptbox import TracedPopen
+from dmoj.cptbox.lazy_bytes import LazyBytes
 from dmoj.error import OutputLimitExceeded
 from dmoj.executors import executors
 from dmoj.executors.base_executor import BaseExecutor
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def check_result(self, case: TestCase, result: Result) -> CheckerOutput:
                     result.proc_output,
                     case.output_data(),
                     submission_source=self.source,
-                    judge_input=case.input_data(),
+                    judge_input=LazyBytes(case.input_data),
                     point_value=case.points,
                     case_position=case.position,
                     batch=case.batch,