diff --git a/compiler/lowering.go b/compiler/lowering.go
index bfed684aa..2b57a49a1 100644
--- a/compiler/lowering.go
+++ b/compiler/lowering.go
@@ -2452,6 +2452,8 @@ func lazyPackageVars(semPkg *semanticPackage) map[types.Object]bool {
 	}
 	funcRefs := packageVarsReferencedFromOtherFileTopLevelCalls(semPkg, declFiles)
 	lazy := make(map[types.Object]bool)
+	otherFile := make(map[types.Object]bool)
+	var inits []packageVarInit
 	for idx, file := range semPkg.source.Syntax {
 		sourcePath := sourceFilePath(semPkg, idx, file)
 		for _, decl := range file.Decls {
@@ -2483,11 +2485,13 @@ func lazyPackageVars(semPkg *semanticPackage) map[types.Object]bool {
 					if valueIdx < len(valueSpec.Values) &&
 						initializerReferencesOtherFileObject(semPkg, declFiles, sourcePath, valueSpec.Values[valueIdx]) {
 						lazy[obj] = true
+						otherFile[obj] = true
 						continue
 					}
 					if valueIdx < len(valueSpec.Values) &&
 						initializerCallsFunctionReferencingOtherFileObject(semPkg, declFiles, sourcePath, valueSpec.Values[valueIdx]) {
 						lazy[obj] = true
+						otherFile[obj] = true
 						continue
 					}
 					if valueIdx < len(valueSpec.Values) &&
@@ -2498,20 +2502,90 @@ func lazyPackageVars(semPkg *semanticPackage) map[types.Object]bool {
 					if valueIdx >= len(valueSpec.Values) &&
 						zeroValueReferencesOtherFileObject(semPkg, declFiles, sourcePath, obj.Type()) {
 						lazy[obj] = true
+						otherFile[obj] = true
 						continue
 					}
 					if funcRefs[obj] &&
 						(valueIdx >= len(valueSpec.Values) ||
 							!initializerMayHaveRuntimeEffects(lowerFileContext{semPkg: semPkg}, valueSpec.Values[valueIdx])) {
 						lazy[obj] = true
+						continue
+					}
+
+					// The other initializers may read variables that need other files (see markLazyReaders).
+					if valueIdx < len(valueSpec.Values) && len(valueSpec.Names) == len(valueSpec.Values) {
+						inits = append(inits, packageVarInit{obj: obj, expr: valueSpec.Values[valueIdx]})
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	markLazyReaders(semPkg, lazy, otherFile, inits)
 	return lazy
 }
 
+// packageVarInit is a package variable and its initializer.
+type packageVarInit struct {
+	obj  *types.Var
+	expr ast.Expr
+}
+
+// markLazyReaders marks as lazy the variables of the given initializers that
+// read a variable of otherFile, the lazy variables whose initializers need
+// declarations of other files, and adds them to otherFile, until no more are
+// marked. Reading such a variable runs its initializer, which may need a
+// declaration, such as a class, of a file that is not evaluated yet, when the
+// file of the reader is evaluated first. Initializers with runtime effects
+// stay eager, so they still run at package initialization, as do those of
+// blank variables, which are never read.
+func markLazyReaders(semPkg *semanticPackage, lazy, otherFile map[types.Object]bool, inits []packageVarInit) {
+	// Each pass marks the readers of the variables marked so far.
+	ctx := lowerFileContext{semPkg: semPkg}
+	for changed := true; changed; {
+		changed = false
+		for _, init := range inits {
+			// Skip the variables that are lazy, never read, or not readers.
+			if lazy[init.obj] || init.obj.Name() == "_" || !initializerReadsVar(semPkg, otherFile, init.expr) {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Mark a reader whose initializer has no runtime effects.
+			if initializerMayHaveRuntimeEffects(ctx, init.expr) {
+				continue
+			}
+			lazy[init.obj] = true
+			otherFile[init.obj] = true
+			changed = true
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// initializerReadsVar returns whether expr reads a package variable of vars
+// outside of function literals, which run later.
+func initializerReadsVar(semPkg *semanticPackage, vars map[types.Object]bool, expr ast.Expr) bool {
+	reads := false
+	ast.Inspect(expr, func(node ast.Node) bool {
+		// Stop after a read, and skip function literals, which do not run
+		// when the variable is initialized.
+		if reads {
+			return false
+		}
+		if _, ok := node.(*ast.FuncLit); ok {
+			return false
+		}
+
+		// An identifier may use a variable of vars.
+		ident, ok := node.(*ast.Ident)
+		if !ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		obj, ok := semPkg.source.TypesInfo.Uses[ident].(*types.Var)
+		reads = ok && vars[obj]
+		return !reads
+	})
+	return reads
+}
+
 func packageVarsReferencedFromOtherFileTopLevelCalls(
 	semPkg *semanticPackage,
 	declFiles map[types.Object]string,
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/__goscript_package_init.gs.ts b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/__goscript_package_init.gs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e2a2d8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/__goscript_package_init.gs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Generated file based on __goscript_package_init.go
+// Updated when compliance tests are re-run, DO NOT EDIT!
+
+import * as __goscript_file0 from "./c.gs.ts"
+
+let initialized = false
+
+export async function __goscript_package_init(): globalThis.Promise<void> {
+	if (initialized) {
+		return
+	}
+	initialized = true
+	__goscript_file0.__goscript_init_cTable()
+	__goscript_file0.__goscript_init_cCopy()
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.go b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.go
index d33d44942..5c3eee9e9 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.go
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.go
@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ type bValue struct {
 func makeB() bValue {
 	return bValue{}
 }
+
+func countC() int {
+	return len(cCopy)
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.gs.ts b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.gs.ts
index 2c16b7f6d..66719b617 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.gs.ts
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/b.gs.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import * as $ from "@goscript/builtin/index.js"
 import * as __goscript_a from "./a.gs.ts"
+import * as __goscript_c from "./c.gs.ts"
 
 export class bValue {
 	public declare inner: __goscript_a.aValue
@@ -33,3 +34,7 @@ export class bValue {
 export function makeB(): bValue {
 	return new bValue(true)
 }
+
+export function countC(): number {
+	return $.sliceLen(__goscript_c.__goscript_get_cCopy())
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.go b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b20bee27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package main
+
+// cTable is initialized lazily, as its values have a type of another file,
+// and so must be cCopy, which reads it: b.go, which declares that type,
+// uses cCopy, so its file is evaluated after this one.
+var cTable = []bValue{{}, {}}
+
+var cCopy = cTable
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.gs.ts b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.gs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd60cc946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/c.gs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Generated file based on c.go
+// Updated when compliance tests are re-run, DO NOT EDIT!
+
+import * as $ from "@goscript/builtin/index.js"
+import * as __goscript_a from "./a.gs.ts"
+import * as __goscript_b from "./b.gs.ts"
+import "./a.gs.ts"
+
+export var cTable: $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue>
+
+export function __goscript_init_cTable(): void {
+	if (((cTable) as any) === undefined) {
+		cTable = $.arrayToSlice<__goscript_b.bValue>([new __goscript_b.bValue(true), new __goscript_b.bValue(true)])
+	}
+}
+
+export function __goscript_get_cTable(): $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue> {
+	if (((cTable) as any) === undefined) {
+		__goscript_init_cTable()
+	}
+	return cTable
+}
+
+export function __goscript_set_cTable(__goscriptValue: $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue>): void {
+	cTable = __goscriptValue
+}
+
+export var cCopy: $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue>
+
+export function __goscript_init_cCopy(): void {
+	if (((cCopy) as any) === undefined) {
+		cCopy = __goscript_get_cTable()
+	}
+}
+
+export function __goscript_get_cCopy(): $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue> {
+	if (((cCopy) as any) === undefined) {
+		__goscript_init_cCopy()
+	}
+	return cCopy
+}
+
+export function __goscript_set_cCopy(__goscriptValue: $.Slice<__goscript_b.bValue>): void {
+	cCopy = __goscriptValue
+}
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.go b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.go
index cf92af379..26abf95d8 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.go
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.go
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ func main() {
 	a := makeA()
 	b := makeB()
 	println("ok:", a.next == nil, b.inner.next == nil)
+	println("table:", countC(), cCopy[1].inner.next == nil)
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.gs.ts b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.gs.ts
index 440ce618f..367e37a22 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.gs.ts
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.gs.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,18 @@
 import * as $ from "@goscript/builtin/index.js"
 import * as __goscript_a from "./a.gs.ts"
 import * as __goscript_b from "./b.gs.ts"
+import * as __goscript_c from "./c.gs.ts"
+import * as __goscript_package_init from "./__goscript_package_init.gs.ts"
 
 export async function main(): globalThis.Promise<void> {
 	let a = __goscript_a.makeA()
 	let b = __goscript_b.makeB()
 	await $.println("ok:", a.next == null, b.inner.next == null)
+	await $.println("table:", __goscript_b.countC(), $.plainSliceIndex(__goscript_c.__goscript_get_cCopy()!, 1).inner.next == null)
 }
 
+await __goscript_package_init.__goscript_package_init()
+
 if ($.isMainScript(import.meta)) {
 	await main()
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/expected.log b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/expected.log
index 9da6a3b67..f89b37d92 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/expected.log
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/expected.log
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 ok: true true
+table: 2 true
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/index.ts b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/index.ts
index c85f3f33b..186776c42 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/index.ts
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 export { aValue } from "./a.gs.ts"
 export { bValue } from "./b.gs.ts"
+import "./c.gs.ts"
+import { __goscript_package_init } from "./__goscript_package_init.gs.ts"
+await __goscript_package_init()
diff --git a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/tsconfig.json b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/tsconfig.json
index f95220d67..2bbae1250 100644
--- a/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tests/tests/cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
   },
   "extends": "../../../tests/tsconfig.base.json",
   "include": [
+    "__goscript_package_init.gs.ts",
     "a.gs.ts",
     "b.gs.ts",
+    "c.gs.ts",
     "cross_file_struct_typeinfo_zero.gs.ts",
     "index.ts"
   ]