diff --git a/esphome/components/lvgl/defines.py b/esphome/components/lvgl/defines.py
index 61d15752be..1eee8041f9 100644
--- a/esphome/components/lvgl/defines.py
+++ b/esphome/components/lvgl/defines.py
@@ -628,10 +628,6 @@ OBJ_FLAGS = (
     "send_draw_task_events",
     "widget_1",
     "widget_2",
-    "user_1",
-    "user_2",
-    "user_3",
-    "user_4",
 )
 LV_OBJ_FLAG = LvConstant("LV_OBJ_FLAG_", *OBJ_FLAGS)
 
diff --git a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
index b457ec2c0b..07c492db35 100644
--- a/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
+++ b/tests/components/lvgl/lvgl-package.yaml
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ lvgl:
     dark_mode: true
     obj:
       border_width: 1
+      user_1:
+        bg_color: black
 
   gradients:
     - id: color_bar
@@ -717,6 +719,30 @@ lvgl:
                 id: button_with_text
                 text: Clicked
 
+        # Exercises the LV_STATE_USER_1..USER_4 states: setting them at creation
+        # (both literal and lambda), styling each of them individually, and
+        # setting/clearing them at runtime with lvgl.widget.update.
+        - button:
+            id: user_flags_button
+            text: User flags
+            state:
+              user_1: true
+              user_2: !lambda return true;
+            user_1:
+              bg_color: 0xFF00FF
+            user_2:
+              bg_color: 0x00FFFF
+            user_3:
+              bg_color: 0xFFFF00
+            user_4:
+              bg_color: 0x808080
+            on_click:
+              - lvgl.widget.update:
+                  id: user_flags_button
+                  state:
+                    user_3: true
+                    user_4: !lambda return !lv_obj_has_state(id(user_flags_button), LV_STATE_USER_4);
+
         - button:
             layout: 2x1
             id: button_button