diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7653e3bb8..241a5bcf0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ all = [
     "lerobot[smolvla]",
     # "lerobot[groot]", TODO(Steven): Gr00t requires specific installation instructions for flash-attn
     "lerobot[xvla]",
+    "lerobot[evo1]",
     "lerobot[hilserl]",
     "lerobot[async]",
     "lerobot[dev]",
diff --git a/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/README.md b/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..bcd30fe73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../docs/source/evo1.mdx
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/internvl3_embedder.py b/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/internvl3_embedder.py
index 4cf1b00e0..8962b8f0d 100644
--- a/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/internvl3_embedder.py
+++ b/src/lerobot/policies/evo1/internvl3_embedder.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import functools
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
@@ -24,7 +25,13 @@ import torchvision.transforms.functional as TF
 from PIL import Image
 from torchvision.transforms.functional import to_pil_image
 
-from lerobot.utils.import_utils import require_package
+from lerobot.utils.import_utils import _transformers_available, require_package
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING or _transformers_available:
+    from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer
+else:
+    AutoModel = None
+    AutoTokenizer = None
 
 IMAGENET_MEAN = (0.485, 0.456, 0.406)
 IMAGENET_STD = (0.229, 0.224, 0.225)
@@ -111,7 +118,6 @@ class InternVL3Embedder(nn.Module):
         self.gradient_checkpointing_use_reentrant = bool(gradient_checkpointing_use_reentrant)
 
         require_package("transformers", extra="evo1")
-        from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer
 
         self.tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name, trust_remote_code=True, use_fast=False)
         if isinstance(model_dtype, str):
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index d35f51d3b..36560c289 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3079,6 +3079,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["diffusers-dep"], marker = "extra == 'multi-task-dit'" },
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["diffusion"], marker = "extra == 'all'" },
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["dynamixel"], marker = "extra == 'all'" },
+    { name = "lerobot", extras = ["evo1"], marker = "extra == 'all'" },
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["feetech"], marker = "extra == 'all'" },
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["feetech"], marker = "extra == 'hopejr'" },
     { name = "lerobot", extras = ["feetech"], marker = "extra == 'lekiwi'" },