diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 9b922ed918..6561b3d63d 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import inspect
 import math
 import re
+import sys
 import uuid
 import warnings
 from collections.abc import Mapping
@@ -58,6 +59,17 @@ class BuiltinSignatureError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
+    # Annotations are evaluated lazily since Python 3.14 (PEP 649), and
+    # inspect.signature() evaluates them, raising NameError for names only
+    # imported under TYPE_CHECKING. Only parameter kinds and defaults are
+    # needed in is_simple_callable(). See https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/discussions/9959
+    import annotationlib
+    SIGNATURE_KWARGS = {'annotation_format': annotationlib.Format.FORWARDREF}
+else:
+    SIGNATURE_KWARGS = {}
+
+
 def is_simple_callable(obj):
     """
     True if the object is a callable that takes no arguments.
@@ -74,7 +86,7 @@ def is_simple_callable(obj):
     if not (inspect.isfunction(obj) or inspect.ismethod(obj) or isinstance(obj, functools.partial)):
         return False
 
-    sig = inspect.signature(obj)
+    sig = inspect.signature(obj, **SIGNATURE_KWARGS)
     params = sig.parameters.values()
     return all(
         param.kind == param.VAR_POSITIONAL or
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 4cbbc030e3..f52dd8e514 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import math
 import os
 import re
+import sys
 import uuid
 import warnings
 from decimal import ROUND_DOWN, ROUND_UP, Decimal
@@ -121,6 +122,23 @@ def test_type_annotation(self):
 
         assert is_simple_callable(valid)
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 14), reason="Annotations are evaluated lazily from Python 3.14")
+    def test_unresolvable_type_annotation(self):
+        # A name only imported under `if TYPE_CHECKING:` is undefined at runtime.
+        class Foo:
+            def valid(self) -> UndefinedType:  # noqa: F821
+                pass
+
+        def valid(param: UndefinedType = None):  # noqa: F821
+            pass
+
+        def invalid(param: UndefinedType):  # noqa: F821
+            pass
+
+        assert is_simple_callable(Foo().valid)
+        assert is_simple_callable(valid)
+        assert not is_simple_callable(invalid)
+
 
 # Tests for field keyword arguments and core functionality.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------