diff --git a/addons/addon-webgl/src/TextureAtlas.ts b/addons/addon-webgl/src/TextureAtlas.ts
index 182dda59e5..8b180ac759 100644
--- a/addons/addon-webgl/src/TextureAtlas.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-webgl/src/TextureAtlas.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { IColorContrastCache } from 'browser/Types';
 import { DIM_OPACITY, TEXT_BASELINE } from './Constants';
-import { tryDrawCustomGlyph } from './customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer';
+import { loadCustomGlyphDefinitions, tryDrawCustomGlyph } from './customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer';
 import { computeNextVariantOffset, treatGlyphAsBackgroundColor, isPowerlineGlyph, isRestrictedPowerlineGlyph, throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
 import { IBoundingBox, ICharAtlasConfig, IRasterizedGlyph, ITextureAtlas } from './Types';
 import { NULL_COLOR, channels, color, rgba } from 'common/Color';
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ export class TextureAtlas implements ITextureAtlas {
       alpha: this._config.allowTransparency,
       willReadFrequently: true
     }));
+    // Start loading custom glyph definitions asynchronously if custom glyphs are enabled
+    if (this._config.customGlyphs !== false) {
+      loadCustomGlyphDefinitions();
+    }
   }
 
   public dispose(): void {
diff --git a/addons/addon-webgl/src/customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer.ts b/addons/addon-webgl/src/customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer.ts
index 6302757fc1..eb73117e51 100644
--- a/addons/addon-webgl/src/customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer.ts
+++ b/addons/addon-webgl/src/customGlyphs/CustomGlyphRasterizer.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,38 @@
  */
 
 import { throwIfFalsy } from 'browser/renderer/shared/RendererUtils';
-import { customGlyphDefinitions } from './CustomGlyphDefinitions';
-import { CustomGlyphDefinitionType, CustomGlyphScaleType, CustomGlyphVectorType, type CustomGlyphDefinitionPart, type CustomGlyphPathDrawFunctionDefinition, type CustomGlyphPatternDefinition, type ICustomGlyphSolidOctantBlockVector, type ICustomGlyphVectorShape } from './Types';
+import { CustomGlyphDefinitionType, CustomGlyphScaleType, CustomGlyphVectorType, type CustomGlyphCharacterDefinition, type CustomGlyphDefinitionPart, type CustomGlyphPathDrawFunctionDefinition, type CustomGlyphPatternDefinition, type ICustomGlyphSolidOctantBlockVector, type ICustomGlyphVectorShape } from './Types';
+
+/**
+ * Cached custom glyph definitions. This is loaded dynamically to support code splitting.
+ */
+let customGlyphDefinitions: { [index: string]: CustomGlyphCharacterDefinition | undefined } | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Promise that resolves when custom glyph definitions are loaded.
+ */
+let loadingPromise: Promise<void> | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Begins loading the custom glyph definitions. This should be called as early as possible
+ * to ensure the definitions are ready when needed.
+ * @returns A promise that resolves when the definitions are loaded.
+ */
+export function loadCustomGlyphDefinitions(): Promise<void> {
+  if (customGlyphDefinitions) {
+    return Promise.resolve();
+  }
+  if (!loadingPromise) {
+    loadingPromise = import('./CustomGlyphDefinitions').then(module => {
+      customGlyphDefinitions = module.customGlyphDefinitions;
+    }).catch(err => {
+      // Reset the loading promise on failure to allow retry
+      loadingPromise = undefined;
+      throw err;
+    });
+  }
+  return loadingPromise;
+}
 
 /**
  * Try drawing a custom block element or box drawing character, returning whether it was
@@ -24,6 +54,11 @@ export function tryDrawCustomGlyph(
   devicePixelRatio: number,
   backgroundColor?: string
 ): boolean {
+  // If definitions are not loaded yet, return false to fall back to font rendering
+  if (!customGlyphDefinitions) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   const unifiedCharDefinition = customGlyphDefinitions[c];
   if (unifiedCharDefinition) {
     // Normalize to array for uniform handling
diff --git a/bin/esbuild.mjs b/bin/esbuild.mjs
index 5e0a370cad..b84cfd1cdc 100644
--- a/bin/esbuild.mjs
+++ b/bin/esbuild.mjs
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ const commonOptions = {
   target: 'es2021',
   sourcemap: true,
   treeShaking: true,
+  splitting: true,
+  chunkNames: 'chunks/[name]-[hash]',
   logLevel: 'warning',
+  outExtension: { '.js': '.mjs' },
 };
 
 /** @type {esbuild.BuildOptions} */
@@ -103,7 +106,8 @@ if (config.addon) {
   bundleConfig = {
     ...bundleConfig,
     entryPoints: [`addons/addon-${config.addon}/src/${getAddonEntryPoint(config.addon)}.ts`],
-    outfile: `addons/addon-${config.addon}/lib/addon-${config.addon}.mjs`,
+    outdir: `addons/addon-${config.addon}/lib`,
+    entryNames: `addon-${config.addon}`,
   };
   outConfig = {
     ...outConfig,
@@ -128,7 +132,8 @@ if (config.addon) {
   bundleConfig = {
     ...bundleConfig,
     entryPoints: [`demo/client/client.ts`],
-    outfile: 'demo/dist/client-bundle.js',
+    outdir: 'demo/dist',
+    entryNames: 'client-bundle',
     external: ['util', 'os', 'fs', 'path', 'stream', 'Terminal'],
     alias: {
       // Library ESM imports
@@ -164,6 +169,10 @@ if (config.addon) {
     format: 'cjs',
     platform: 'node',
     external: ['node-pty'],
+    // Splitting is not compatible with cjs format
+    splitting: false,
+    // Override the .mjs extension from commonOptions
+    outExtension: {},
   }
   skipOut = true;
   skipOutTest = true;
@@ -171,7 +180,8 @@ if (config.addon) {
   bundleConfig = {
     ...bundleConfig,
     entryPoints: [`src/headless/public/Terminal.ts`],
-    outfile: `headless/lib-headless/xterm-headless.mjs`
+    outdir: `headless/lib-headless`,
+    entryNames: 'xterm-headless',
   };
   outConfig = {
     ...outConfig,
@@ -183,7 +193,8 @@ if (config.addon) {
   bundleConfig = {
     ...bundleConfig,
     entryPoints: [`src/browser/public/Terminal.ts`],
-    outfile: `lib/xterm.mjs`
+    outdir: `lib`,
+    entryNames: 'xterm',
   };
   outConfig = {
     ...outConfig,
diff --git a/demo/index.html b/demo/index.html
index 9c8eec666a..56a6c2a497 100644
--- a/demo/index.html
+++ b/demo/index.html
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
       <div id="sidebar" class="grid">
       </div>
     </div>
-      <script src="dist/client-bundle.js" defer ></script>
+      <script src="dist/client-bundle.mjs" type="module" defer ></script>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/demo/test.html b/demo/test.html
index d0e1e1f18f..3532aed08c 100644
--- a/demo/test.html
+++ b/demo/test.html
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
   </head>
   <body id="test">
     <div id="terminal-container"></div>
-    <script src="/dist/client-bundle.js" defer></script>
+    <script src="/dist/client-bundle.mjs" type="module" defer></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts b/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
index c26e670515..e5515e90d4 100644
--- a/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
+++ b/src/browser/CoreBrowserTerminal.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import { OscLinkProvider } from 'browser/OscLinkProvider';
 import { CharacterJoinerHandler, CustomKeyEventHandler, CustomWheelEventHandler, IBrowser, IBufferRange, ICompositionHelper, ILinkifier2, ITerminal } from 'browser/Types';
 import { Viewport } from 'browser/Viewport';
 import { BufferDecorationRenderer } from 'browser/decorations/BufferDecorationRenderer';
-import { OverviewRulerRenderer } from 'browser/decorations/OverviewRulerRenderer';
+import type { OverviewRulerRenderer } from 'browser/decorations/OverviewRulerRenderer';
 import { CompositionHelper } from 'browser/input/CompositionHelper';
 import { DomRenderer } from 'browser/renderer/dom/DomRenderer';
 import { IRenderer } from 'browser/renderer/shared/Types';
@@ -53,12 +53,34 @@ import { toRgbString } from 'common/input/XParseColor';
 import { DecorationService } from 'common/services/DecorationService';
 import { IDecorationService } from 'common/services/Services';
 import { WindowsOptionsReportType } from '../common/InputHandler';
-import { AccessibilityManager } from './AccessibilityManager';
+import type { AccessibilityManager } from './AccessibilityManager';
 import { Linkifier } from './Linkifier';
 import { Emitter, Event } from 'vs/base/common/event';
 import { addDisposableListener } from 'vs/base/browser/dom';
 import { MutableDisposable, toDisposable } from 'vs/base/common/lifecycle';
 
+/**
+ * Lazily loaded AccessibilityManager module.
+ */
+let accessibilityManagerModule: Promise<typeof import('./AccessibilityManager')> | undefined;
+function loadAccessibilityManager(): Promise<typeof import('./AccessibilityManager')> {
+  if (!accessibilityManagerModule) {
+    accessibilityManagerModule = import('./AccessibilityManager');
+  }
+  return accessibilityManagerModule;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Lazily loaded OverviewRulerRenderer module.
+ */
+let overviewRulerRendererModule: Promise<typeof import('browser/decorations/OverviewRulerRenderer')> | undefined;
+function loadOverviewRulerRenderer(): Promise<typeof import('browser/decorations/OverviewRulerRenderer')> {
+  if (!overviewRulerRendererModule) {
+    overviewRulerRendererModule = import('browser/decorations/OverviewRulerRenderer');
+  }
+  return overviewRulerRendererModule;
+}
+
 export class CoreBrowserTerminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
   public textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement | undefined;
   public element: HTMLElement | undefined;
@@ -277,7 +299,14 @@ export class CoreBrowserTerminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
   private _handleScreenReaderModeOptionChange(value: boolean): void {
     if (value) {
       if (!this._accessibilityManager.value && this._renderService) {
-        this._accessibilityManager.value = this._instantiationService.createInstance(AccessibilityManager, this);
+        loadAccessibilityManager().then(module => {
+          // Check again after async load in case option changed
+          if (this.options.screenReaderMode && !this._accessibilityManager.value && this._renderService) {
+            this._accessibilityManager.value = this._instantiationService.createInstance(module.AccessibilityManager, this);
+          }
+        }).catch(() => {
+          // Failed to load accessibility manager module
+        });
       }
     } else {
       this._accessibilityManager.clear();
@@ -588,16 +617,34 @@ export class CoreBrowserTerminal extends CoreTerminal implements ITerminal {
     if (this.options.screenReaderMode) {
       // Note that this must be done *after* the renderer is created in order to
       // ensure the correct order of the dprchange event
-      this._accessibilityManager.value = this._instantiationService.createInstance(AccessibilityManager, this);
+      loadAccessibilityManager().then(module => {
+        if (this.options.screenReaderMode && !this._accessibilityManager.value && this._renderService) {
+          this._accessibilityManager.value = this._instantiationService.createInstance(module.AccessibilityManager, this);
+        }
+      }).catch(() => {
+        // Failed to load accessibility manager module
+      });
     }
     this._register(this.optionsService.onSpecificOptionChange('screenReaderMode', e => this._handleScreenReaderModeOptionChange(e)));
 
     if (this.options.overviewRuler.width) {
-      this._overviewRulerRenderer = this._register(this._instantiationService.createInstance(OverviewRulerRenderer, this._viewportElement, this.screenElement));
+      loadOverviewRulerRenderer().then(module => {
+        if (this.options.overviewRuler.width && !this._overviewRulerRenderer && this._viewportElement && this.screenElement) {
+          this._overviewRulerRenderer = this._register(this._instantiationService.createInstance(module.OverviewRulerRenderer, this._viewportElement, this.screenElement));
+        }
+      }).catch(() => {
+        // Failed to load overview ruler renderer module
+      });
     }
     this.optionsService.onSpecificOptionChange('overviewRuler', value => {
       if (!this._overviewRulerRenderer && value && this._viewportElement && this.screenElement) {
-        this._overviewRulerRenderer = this._register(this._instantiationService.createInstance(OverviewRulerRenderer, this._viewportElement, this.screenElement));
+        loadOverviewRulerRenderer().then(module => {
+          if (!this._overviewRulerRenderer && this.options.overviewRuler.width && this._viewportElement && this.screenElement) {
+            this._overviewRulerRenderer = this._register(this._instantiationService.createInstance(module.OverviewRulerRenderer, this._viewportElement, this.screenElement));
+          }
+        }).catch(() => {
+          // Failed to load overview ruler renderer module
+        });
       }
     });
     // Measure the character size