diff --git a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/__init__.py b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/__init__.py
index 1b43408..ab2f71d 100644
--- a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/__init__.py
+++ b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/__init__.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ async def async_setup_entry(hass: HomeAssistant, entry: ConfigEntry) -> bool:
             await hass.config_entries.async_forward_entry_setups(entry, PLATFORMS)
 
         elif protocol_name == CONF_PROTOCOL_SNMP:
-            client = _create_snmp_client(config)
+            client = _create_snmp_client(config, hass)
         elif protocol_name == CONF_PROTOCOL_MQTT:
             client = _create_mqtt_client(config)
         else:
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ async def _create_modbus_client(hass: HomeAssistant, config: dict, entry: Config
                  slave_id, id(pymodbus_client))
     return ModbusClient(pymodbus_client, slave_id)
 
-def _create_snmp_client(config: dict) -> SNMPClient:
+def _create_snmp_client(config: dict, hass: HomeAssistant | None = None) -> SNMPClient:
     """Create SNMP client (no caching needed - connectionless)."""
     from .protocols.snmp import SNMPClient
 
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ def _create_snmp_client(config: dict) -> SNMPClient:
         port=config.get(CONF_PORT, 161),
         community=config.get("community", "public"),
         version=config.get("version", "2c"),
+        hass=hass,
     )
 
 def _create_mqtt_client(config: dict) -> MQTTClient:
diff --git a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/config_flow.py b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/config_flow.py
index 61c9a9e..62a870f 100644
--- a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/config_flow.py
+++ b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/config_flow.py
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ async def _async_test_snmp_connection(self, data: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             port=data.get(CONF_PORT, 161),
             community=data["community"],
             version=data["version"],
+            hass=self.hass,
         )
 
         try:
diff --git a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/protocols/snmp/client.py b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/protocols/snmp/client.py
index 9e6c434..adbf38d 100644
--- a/custom_components/protocol_wizard/protocols/snmp/client.py
+++ b/custom_components/protocol_wizard/protocols/snmp/client.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 import asyncio
 import logging
+import os
 from typing import Any
 
 from pysnmp.hlapi.v3arch.asyncio import (
@@ -22,6 +23,81 @@
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# A single PySNMP engine is shared by every SNMP client in this process. Creating
+# one is expensive (it loads MIB modules from disk), so it is built once inside an
+# executor and kept for the lifetime of the process.
+_SNMP_ENGINE: SnmpEngine | None = None
+_ENGINE_LOCK = asyncio.Lock()
+
+
+def _iter_pysnmp_mib_module_names(mib_builder):
+    """Yield bundled PySNMP MIB module names from file-backed MIB sources."""
+    seen = set()
+
+    for mib_source in mib_builder.get_mib_sources():
+        source_dir = getattr(mib_source, "_srcName", None)
+        if not source_dir or not os.path.isdir(source_dir):
+            continue
+
+        for _root, _dirs, files in os.walk(source_dir):
+            for filename in files:
+                if not filename.endswith(".py") or filename == "__init__.py":
+                    continue
+
+                module_name = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
+                if module_name not in seen:
+                    seen.add(module_name)
+                    yield module_name
+
+
+def _create_engine() -> SnmpEngine:
+    """Create and warm PySNMP's engine before it is used on the event loop."""
+    engine = SnmpEngine()
+
+    # PySNMP lazily loads bundled MIB modules during the first request and
+    # response. Home Assistant flags those file reads when they happen on the
+    # event loop, so force the lazy work into the executor with engine creation.
+    mib_builder = engine.get_mib_builder()
+    module_names = [
+        "SNMPv2-SMI",
+        "SNMPv2-TC",
+        "SNMPv2-CONF",
+        "SNMPv2-TM",
+        "SNMPv2-MIB",
+        "PYSNMP-SOURCE-MIB",
+        "__SNMPv2-MIB",
+    ]
+    module_names.extend(_iter_pysnmp_mib_module_names(mib_builder))
+
+    for module_name in dict.fromkeys(module_names):
+        try:
+            mib_builder.load_modules(module_name)
+        except Exception as err:
+            _LOGGER.debug("Unable to preload PySNMP MIB module %s: %s", module_name, err)
+
+    try:
+        mib_builder.import_symbols("SNMPv2-MIB", "snmpInPkts", "snmpOutPkts")
+    except Exception as err:
+        _LOGGER.debug("Unable to preload PySNMP MIB symbols: %s", err)
+
+    return engine
+
+
+async def _async_get_shared_engine(hass=None) -> SnmpEngine:
+    """Return the process-wide SNMP engine, creating it off the event loop."""
+    global _SNMP_ENGINE
+
+    async with _ENGINE_LOCK:
+        if _SNMP_ENGINE is None:
+            if hass is not None:
+                _SNMP_ENGINE = await hass.async_add_executor_job(_create_engine)
+            else:
+                loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+                _SNMP_ENGINE = await loop.run_in_executor(None, _create_engine)
+            _LOGGER.debug("SNMP engine created")
+
+    return _SNMP_ENGINE
+
 
 class SNMPClient(BaseProtocolClient):
     """SNMP client using pysnmp asyncio v3arch."""
@@ -34,7 +110,9 @@ def __init__(
         version: str = "2c",
         timeout: float = 5.0,
         retries: int = 3,
+        hass=None,
     ):
+        self.hass = hass
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
         self.community = community
@@ -57,10 +135,12 @@ def __init__(
         self._context = ContextData()
 
     async def _ensure_engine(self) -> None:
-        """Lazily create engine and transport."""
+        """Lazily attach the shared engine and create this client's transport."""
         async with self._engine_lock:
             if self._engine is None:
-                self._engine = SnmpEngine()
+                # Engine creation reads MIB files from disk, so it is done once in
+                # an executor rather than on Home Assistant's event loop.
+                self._engine = await _async_get_shared_engine(self.hass)
                 self._transport = await UdpTransportTarget.create(
                     (self.host, self.port),
                     timeout=self.timeout,
@@ -81,16 +161,14 @@ async def connect(self) -> bool:
             return False
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        """Clean up SNMP engine."""
-        if self._engine:
-            try:
-                self._engine.close_dispatcher()
-            except Exception as err:
-                _LOGGER.debug("Error closing SNMP dispatcher: %s", err)
-            finally:
-                self._engine = None
-                self._transport = None
-                self._connected = False
+        """Release this client's SNMP resources.
+
+        The engine is shared process-wide, so its dispatcher is deliberately left
+        open here — closing it would break every other SNMP client still in use.
+        """
+        self._engine = None
+        self._transport = None
+        self._connected = False
 
     async def read(self, address: str, **kwargs) -> Any | None:
         """Read a single OID."""
diff --git a/tests/test_snmp_client_engine.py b/tests/test_snmp_client_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a911a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_snmp_client_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+"""Tests for the shared, pre-warmed SNMP engine.
+
+PySNMP loads bundled MIB modules from disk the first time an engine encodes a
+request. Doing that on Home Assistant's event loop trips the "blocking call
+inside the event loop" warnings, so the engine is created once in an executor
+with its MIB modules preloaded.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import pytest
+
+from custom_components.protocol_wizard.protocols.snmp import client as snmp_client
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def _reset_shared_engine():
+    """Keep the process-wide engine cache out of other tests."""
+    snmp_client._SNMP_ENGINE = None
+    yield
+    snmp_client._SNMP_ENGINE = None
+
+
+class _FakeHass:
+    """Minimal hass double that records executor usage."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.executor_calls = []
+
+    async def async_add_executor_job(self, func, *args):
+        self.executor_calls.append(func)
+        return func(*args)
+
+
+class TestCreateEngine:
+    """Test _create_engine warm-up."""
+
+    def test_preloads_bundled_mib_modules(self, monkeypatch):
+        mib_builder = MagicMock()
+        mib_builder.get_mib_sources.return_value = []
+        engine = MagicMock()
+        engine.get_mib_builder.return_value = mib_builder
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "SnmpEngine", lambda: engine)
+
+        assert snmp_client._create_engine() is engine
+
+        loaded = [call.args[0] for call in mib_builder.load_modules.call_args_list]
+        # The modules PySNMP would otherwise read lazily on the event loop.
+        for module_name in ("SNMPv2-SMI", "SNMPv2-MIB", "SNMPv2-TM", "PYSNMP-SOURCE-MIB"):
+            assert module_name in loaded
+        # Each module is loaded at most once.
+        assert len(loaded) == len(set(loaded))
+        mib_builder.import_symbols.assert_called_once_with(
+            "SNMPv2-MIB", "snmpInPkts", "snmpOutPkts"
+        )
+
+    def test_unloadable_module_does_not_raise(self, monkeypatch):
+        mib_builder = MagicMock()
+        mib_builder.get_mib_sources.return_value = []
+        mib_builder.load_modules.side_effect = Exception("no such module")
+        mib_builder.import_symbols.side_effect = Exception("no such symbol")
+        engine = MagicMock()
+        engine.get_mib_builder.return_value = mib_builder
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "SnmpEngine", lambda: engine)
+
+        assert snmp_client._create_engine() is engine
+
+
+class TestIterMibModuleNames:
+    """Test _iter_pysnmp_mib_module_names."""
+
+    def test_discovers_module_names_from_file_sources(self, tmp_path):
+        mib_dir = tmp_path / "mibs"
+        mib_dir.mkdir()
+        (mib_dir / "SNMPv2-MIB.py").write_text("")
+        (mib_dir / "IF-MIB.py").write_text("")
+        (mib_dir / "__init__.py").write_text("")
+        (mib_dir / "notes.txt").write_text("")
+
+        source = MagicMock()
+        source._srcName = str(mib_dir)
+        mib_builder = MagicMock()
+        mib_builder.get_mib_sources.return_value = [source]
+
+        names = set(snmp_client._iter_pysnmp_mib_module_names(mib_builder))
+        assert names == {"SNMPv2-MIB", "IF-MIB"}
+
+    def test_skips_non_file_sources(self, tmp_path):
+        missing = MagicMock()
+        missing._srcName = str(tmp_path / "does-not-exist")
+        zipped = MagicMock()
+        zipped._srcName = None
+        mib_builder = MagicMock()
+        mib_builder.get_mib_sources.return_value = [missing, zipped]
+
+        assert list(snmp_client._iter_pysnmp_mib_module_names(mib_builder)) == []
+
+
+class TestSharedEngine:
+    """Test _async_get_shared_engine."""
+
+    async def test_created_in_executor_and_cached(self, monkeypatch):
+        engine = object()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "_create_engine", lambda: engine)
+        hass = _FakeHass()
+
+        first = await snmp_client._async_get_shared_engine(hass)
+        second = await snmp_client._async_get_shared_engine(hass)
+
+        assert first is engine
+        assert second is engine
+        # Built exactly once, and never on the event loop.
+        assert len(hass.executor_calls) == 1
+
+    async def test_falls_back_to_loop_executor_without_hass(self, monkeypatch):
+        engine = object()
+        creating_thread = []
+
+        def _create():
+            import threading
+
+            creating_thread.append(threading.current_thread())
+            return engine
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "_create_engine", _create)
+
+        result = await snmp_client._async_get_shared_engine()
+
+        assert result is engine
+        import threading
+
+        assert creating_thread[0] is not threading.current_thread()
+
+    async def test_concurrent_callers_share_one_engine(self, monkeypatch):
+        calls = []
+
+        def _create():
+            calls.append(1)
+            return object()
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "_create_engine", _create)
+
+        engines = await asyncio.gather(
+            *(snmp_client._async_get_shared_engine() for _ in range(5))
+        )
+
+        assert len(calls) == 1
+        assert len({id(e) for e in engines}) == 1
+
+
+class TestClientUsesSharedEngine:
+    """Test SNMPClient engine handling."""
+
+    async def test_ensure_engine_uses_shared_engine(self, monkeypatch):
+        engine = object()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "_create_engine", lambda: engine)
+
+        async def _create_transport(*args, **kwargs):
+            return MagicMock()
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            snmp_client.UdpTransportTarget, "create", _create_transport
+        )
+
+        hass = _FakeHass()
+        first = snmp_client.SNMPClient(host="10.0.0.1", hass=hass)
+        second = snmp_client.SNMPClient(host="10.0.0.2", hass=hass)
+
+        await first._ensure_engine()
+        await second._ensure_engine()
+
+        assert first._engine is engine
+        assert second._engine is engine
+        assert first._transport is not second._transport
+        assert len(hass.executor_calls) == 1
+
+    async def test_disconnect_leaves_shared_engine_open(self, monkeypatch):
+        engine = MagicMock()
+        monkeypatch.setattr(snmp_client, "_create_engine", lambda: engine)
+
+        async def _create_transport(*args, **kwargs):
+            return MagicMock()
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(
+            snmp_client.UdpTransportTarget, "create", _create_transport
+        )
+
+        keeper = snmp_client.SNMPClient(host="10.0.0.1")
+        leaver = snmp_client.SNMPClient(host="10.0.0.2")
+        await keeper._ensure_engine()
+        await leaver._ensure_engine()
+
+        await leaver.disconnect()
+
+        # Unloading one config entry must not tear down the engine others use.
+        engine.close_dispatcher.assert_not_called()
+        assert leaver._engine is None
+        assert leaver._transport is None
+        assert leaver.is_connected is False
+        assert keeper._engine is engine
+        assert await snmp_client._async_get_shared_engine() is engine