diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/__init__.py
index bc4025b8b3..b6641163a9 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
-import grpc
-from grpc import Channel, Server, intercept_channel
-from grpc.aio import Channel as AsyncChannel
-from grpc.aio import Server as AsyncServer
-
 from sentry_sdk.integrations import Integration
 from sentry_sdk.utils import parse_version
+from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable
 
 from .client import ClientInterceptor
 from .server import ServerInterceptor
-from .aio.server import ServerInterceptor as AsyncServerInterceptor
-from .aio.client import (
-    SentryUnaryUnaryClientInterceptor as AsyncUnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
-)
-from .aio.client import (
-    SentryUnaryStreamClientInterceptor as AsyncUnaryStreamClientIntercetor,
-)
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional, Sequence
 
+try:
+    import grpc
+    from grpc import Channel, Server, intercept_channel
+    from grpc.aio import Channel as AsyncChannel
+    from grpc.aio import Server as AsyncServer
+
+    from .aio.server import ServerInterceptor as AsyncServerInterceptor
+    from .aio.client import (
+        SentryUnaryUnaryClientInterceptor as AsyncUnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
+    )
+    from .aio.client import (
+        SentryUnaryStreamClientInterceptor as AsyncUnaryStreamClientIntercetor,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    raise DidNotEnable("grpcio is not installed.")
+
 # Hack to get new Python features working in older versions
 # without introducing a hard dependency on `typing_extensions`
 # from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71944042/300572
diff --git a/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/aio/client.py b/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/aio/client.py
index 9ff27d1824..2edad83aff 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/aio/client.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk/integrations/grpc/aio/client.py
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
 from typing import Callable, Union, AsyncIterable, Any
 
-from grpc.aio import (
-    UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
-    UnaryStreamClientInterceptor,
-    ClientCallDetails,
-    UnaryUnaryCall,
-    UnaryStreamCall,
-    Metadata,
-)
-from google.protobuf.message import Message
-
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.consts import OP
+from sentry_sdk.integrations import DidNotEnable
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.grpc.consts import SPAN_ORIGIN
 
+try:
+    from grpc.aio import (
+        UnaryUnaryClientInterceptor,
+        UnaryStreamClientInterceptor,
+        ClientCallDetails,
+        UnaryUnaryCall,
+        UnaryStreamCall,
+        Metadata,
+    )
+    from google.protobuf.message import Message
+except ImportError:
+    raise DidNotEnable("grpcio is not installed")
+
 
 class ClientInterceptor:
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_shadowed_module.py b/tests/test_shadowed_module.py
index 34bb7917f4..685a5dceaf 100644
--- a/tests/test_shadowed_module.py
+++ b/tests/test_shadowed_module.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
             submodule_names
             - {
                 "clickhouse_driver",
-                "grpc",
                 "litellm",
                 "opentelemetry",
                 "pure_eval",