diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/early_stopping.py b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/early_stopping.py
index d108894f614e6..393d8f699f80e 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/early_stopping.py
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/callbacks/early_stopping.py
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 from torch import Tensor
 from typing_extensions import override
 
-import lightning.pytorch as pl
-from lightning.pytorch.callbacks.callback import Callback
-from lightning.pytorch.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
-from lightning.pytorch.utilities.rank_zero import rank_prefixed_message, rank_zero_warn
+import pytorch_lightning as pl
+from pytorch_lightning.callbacks.callback import Callback
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities.rank_zero import rank_prefixed_message, rank_zero_warn
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class EarlyStopping(Callback):
         check_on_train_epoch_end: whether to run early stopping at the end of the training epoch.
             If this is ``False``, then the check runs at the end of the validation.
         log_rank_zero_only: When set ``True``, logs the status of the early stopping callback only for rank 0 process.
+        start_from_epoch: the epoch from which to start monitoring for early stopping. Defaults to 0 (start from the
+            beginning). Set to a higher value to let the model train for a minimum number of epochs before monitoring.
 
     Raises:
         MisconfigurationException:
@@ -73,11 +75,15 @@ class EarlyStopping(Callback):
 
     Example::
 
-        >>> from lightning.pytorch import Trainer
-        >>> from lightning.pytorch.callbacks import EarlyStopping
+        >>> from pytorch_lightning import Trainer
+        >>> from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import EarlyStopping
         >>> early_stopping = EarlyStopping('val_loss')
         >>> trainer = Trainer(callbacks=[early_stopping])
 
+        >>> # Start monitoring only from epoch 5
+        >>> early_stopping = EarlyStopping('val_loss', start_from_epoch=5)
+        >>> trainer = Trainer(callbacks=[early_stopping])
+
     .. tip:: Saving and restoring multiple early stopping callbacks at the same time is supported under variation in the
         following arguments:
 
@@ -104,6 +110,7 @@ def __init__(
         divergence_threshold: Optional[float] = None,
         check_on_train_epoch_end: Optional[bool] = None,
         log_rank_zero_only: bool = False,
+        start_from_epoch: int = 0,
     ):
         super().__init__()
         self.monitor = monitor
@@ -119,6 +126,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.stopped_epoch = 0
         self._check_on_train_epoch_end = check_on_train_epoch_end
         self.log_rank_zero_only = log_rank_zero_only
+        self.start_from_epoch = start_from_epoch
 
         if self.mode not in self.mode_dict:
             raise MisconfigurationException(f"`mode` can be {', '.join(self.mode_dict.keys())}, got {self.mode}")
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@ def load_state_dict(self, state_dict: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         self.patience = state_dict["patience"]
 
     def _should_skip_check(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer") -> bool:
-        from lightning.pytorch.trainer.states import TrainerFn
+        from pytorch_lightning.trainer.states import TrainerFn
 
         return trainer.state.fn != TrainerFn.FITTING or trainer.sanity_checking
 
@@ -197,6 +205,10 @@ def on_validation_end(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer", pl_module: "pl.LightningModul
 
     def _run_early_stopping_check(self, trainer: "pl.Trainer") -> None:
         """Checks whether the early stopping condition is met and if so tells the trainer to stop the training."""
+        # Skip early stopping check if current epoch is less than start_from_epoch
+        if trainer.current_epoch < self.start_from_epoch:
+            return
+
         logs = trainer.callback_metrics
 
         if trainer.fast_dev_run or not self._validate_condition_metric(  # disable early_stopping with fast_dev_run
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/test_early_stopping.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/test_early_stopping.py
index 9a87b3daaad6e..0ec23d33f3e7c 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/test_early_stopping.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/callbacks/test_early_stopping.py
@@ -505,3 +505,35 @@ def test_early_stopping_log_info(log_rank_zero_only, world_size, global_rank, ex
         log_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_log)
     else:
         log_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_early_stopping_start_from_epoch(tmp_path):
+    """Test that early stopping checks only activate after start_from_epoch."""
+    losses = [6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]  # decreasing losses
+    start_from_epoch = 3
+
+    class CurrentModel(BoringModel):
+        def on_validation_epoch_end(self):
+            val_loss = losses[self.current_epoch]
+            self.log("val_loss", val_loss)
+
+    model = CurrentModel()
+
+    # Mock the _run_early_stopping_check method to verify when it's called
+    with mock.patch("lightning.pytorch.callbacks.early_stopping.EarlyStopping._evaluate_stopping_criteria") as es_mock:
+        es_mock.return_value = (False, "")
+        early_stopping = EarlyStopping(monitor="val_loss", start_from_epoch=start_from_epoch)
+        trainer = Trainer(
+            default_root_dir=tmp_path,
+            callbacks=[early_stopping],
+            limit_train_batches=0.2,
+            limit_val_batches=0.2,
+            max_epochs=len(losses),
+        )
+        trainer.fit(model)
+
+        # Check that _evaluate_stopping_criteria is not called for epochs before start_from_epoch
+        assert es_mock.call_count == len(losses) - start_from_epoch
+        # Check that only the correct epochs were processed
+        for i, call_args in enumerate(es_mock.call_args_list):
+            assert torch.allclose(call_args[0][0], torch.tensor(losses[i + start_from_epoch]))