diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d77f86..2694f69 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ Merged since v2.5.0, not yet released.
   the wheel. ([#154])
 - Free-threaded (`cp314t`) wheels are no longer published, because the core is
   not yet thread-safe; CPython 3.14 is declared supported. ([#155])
+- `import pyforefire` no longer loads matplotlib; it is imported only when
+  `printToPathe` or `plot_simulation` is called. `plt`, `cm`, `mpath`,
+  `mpatches` and `ListedColormap` are no longer reachable as `pyforefire`
+  attributes. ([#193])
 
 ## [v2.5.0] — 2026-08-11
 
@@ -189,3 +193,4 @@ repository stays easy to return to.
 [#178]: https://github.com/forefireAPI/forefire/pull/178
 [#180]: https://github.com/forefireAPI/forefire/pull/180
 [#183]: https://github.com/forefireAPI/forefire/pull/183
+[#193]: https://github.com/forefireAPI/forefire/pull/193
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/pyforefire/helpers.py b/bindings/python/src/pyforefire/helpers.py
index 57dedc4..12d1b6f 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/pyforefire/helpers.py
+++ b/bindings/python/src/pyforefire/helpers.py
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 import numpy as np
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
-import matplotlib.path as mpath
-import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
-import matplotlib.cm as cm
 import math
 
 import struct
 import zlib
 
 
-from matplotlib.colors import ListedColormap
 
 def get_fuels_table(propagation_model):
     if propagation_model == 'RothermelAndrews2018':
@@ -367,6 +362,7 @@ def printToPathe(linePrinted):
     """
     Compute the current results of simulation to pathes.
     """
+    import matplotlib.path as mpath
     fronts = linePrinted.split("FireFront")
     pathes = []
     for front in fronts[1:]:
@@ -539,6 +535,10 @@ def plot_simulation(pathes, fuel_map, elevation_map, myExtents, scalMap = None):
     Used for plot 4 axis graph, with Heatflux, Fuels, Altitude plotted under simulation, 
     and Statistics for the last axis.
     """
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    import matplotlib.patches as mpatches
+    import matplotlib.cm as cm
+    from matplotlib.colors import ListedColormap
     #import seaborn as sns
     # Create a figure with 2 axis (2 subplots)
     fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10,7), dpi=120)