diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_object.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_object.hh
index e6bf896a005..98450274df3 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_object.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_object.hh
@@ -347,8 +347,24 @@ void BKE_boundbox_minmax(const BoundBox *bb,
                          float r_min[3],
                          float r_max[3]);
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the bounds of the object's geometry, in the local space of the object
+ * (not accounting for the object's transform). For evaluated objects, this includes
+ * the evaluated geometry (not just #Object.data).
+ */
 std::optional<BoundBox> BKE_object_boundbox_get(Object *ob);
 void BKE_object_dimensions_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3]);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieve the bounds of the evalauted object's geometry, stored on the original object as part of
+ * the latest dependency graph evaluation, or fall back to the current bounds of the object if no
+ * such cache exists. For evaluated objects this indirection is unnecessary, so
+ * #BKE_object_boundbox_get should be used instead.
+ */
+std::optional<BoundBox> BKE_object_boundbox_eval_cached_get(Object *ob);
+/** Similar to #BKE_object_boundbox_eval_cached_get but gives the size of the bounds instead. */
+void BKE_object_dimensions_eval_cached_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3]);
+
 /**
  * The original scale and object matrix can be passed in so any difference
  * of the objects matrix and the final matrix can be accounted for,
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
index ed3ff6bb3ce..43528d995b3 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.cc
@@ -3591,6 +3591,14 @@ std::optional<BoundBox> BKE_object_boundbox_get(Object *ob)
   return std::nullopt;
 }
 
+std::optional<BoundBox> BKE_object_boundbox_eval_cached_get(Object *ob)
+{
+  if (ob->runtime.bb) {
+    return *ob->runtime.bb;
+  }
+  return BKE_object_boundbox_get(ob);
+}
+
 void BKE_object_boundbox_calc_from_mesh(Object *ob, const Mesh *me_eval)
 {
   float3 min(FLT_MAX);
@@ -3652,9 +3660,11 @@ bool BKE_object_boundbox_calc_from_evaluated_geometry(Object *ob)
  * \warning Setting dimensions is prone to feedback loops in evaluation.
  * \{ */
 
-void BKE_object_dimensions_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3])
+static void boundbox_to_dimensions(const Object *ob,
+                                   const std::optional<BoundBox> bb,
+                                   float r_vec[3])
 {
-  if (const std::optional<BoundBox> bb = BKE_object_boundbox_get(ob)) {
+  if (bb) {
     float3 scale;
     mat4_to_size(scale, ob->object_to_world);
 
@@ -3667,6 +3677,16 @@ void BKE_object_dimensions_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3])
   }
 }
 
+void BKE_object_dimensions_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3])
+{
+  boundbox_to_dimensions(ob, BKE_object_boundbox_get(ob), r_vec);
+}
+
+void BKE_object_dimensions_eval_cached_get(Object *ob, float r_vec[3])
+{
+  boundbox_to_dimensions(ob, BKE_object_boundbox_eval_cached_get(ob), r_vec);
+}
+
 void BKE_object_dimensions_set_ex(Object *ob,
                                   const float value[3],
                                   int axis_mask,
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/space_view3d.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/space_view3d.cc
index d8bd38dce15..e06147f4b25 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/space_view3d.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/space_view3d.cc
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ static void view3d_ob_drop_on_enter(wmDropBox *drop, wmDrag *drag)
   float dimensions[3] = {0.0f};
   if (drag->type == WM_DRAG_ID) {
     Object *ob = (Object *)WM_drag_get_local_ID(drag, ID_OB);
-    BKE_object_dimensions_get(ob, dimensions);
+    BKE_object_dimensions_eval_cached_get(ob, dimensions);
   }
   else {
     AssetMetaData *meta_data = WM_drag_get_asset_meta_data(drag, ID_OB);
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_buttons.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_buttons.cc
index 2065678e16c..296b1a4d792 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_buttons.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_view3d/view3d_buttons.cc
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ static void v3d_object_dimension_buts(bContext *C, uiLayout *layout, View3D *v3d
     const int butw = 200;
     const int buth = 20 * UI_SCALE_FAC;
 
-    BKE_object_dimensions_get(ob, tfp->ob_dims);
+    BKE_object_dimensions_eval_cached_get(ob, tfp->ob_dims);
     copy_v3_v3(tfp->ob_dims_orig, tfp->ob_dims);
     copy_v3_v3(tfp->ob_scale_orig, ob->scale);
     copy_m4_m4(tfp->ob_obmat_orig, ob->object_to_world);
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_object.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_object.cc
index 621305f695c..328d5d51d37 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_object.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_object.cc
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ static void rna_Object_rotation_mode_set(PointerRNA *ptr, int value)
 static void rna_Object_dimensions_get(PointerRNA *ptr, float *value)
 {
   Object *ob = static_cast<Object *>(ptr->data);
-  BKE_object_dimensions_get(ob, value);
+  BKE_object_dimensions_eval_cached_get(ob, value);
 }
 
 static void rna_Object_dimensions_set(PointerRNA *ptr, const float *value)
@@ -1990,7 +1990,7 @@ static void rna_Object_shaderfx_clear(Object *object, bContext *C)
 static void rna_Object_boundbox_get(PointerRNA *ptr, float *values)
 {
   Object *ob = reinterpret_cast<Object *>(ptr->owner_id);
-  if (const std::optional<BoundBox> bb = BKE_object_boundbox_get(ob)) {
+  if (const std::optional<BoundBox> bb = BKE_object_boundbox_eval_cached_get(ob)) {
     memcpy(values, bb->vec, sizeof(bb->vec));
   }
   else {