diff --git a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
index 908e2a5..5788ff9 100644
--- a/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
+++ b/fsdev/file-op-9p.h
@@ -56,10 +56,12 @@
  * On failure ignore the error.
  */
 #define V9FS_SM_NONE                0x00000010
-
+#define V9FS_RDONLY                 0x00000020
 
 #define V9FS_SEC_MASK               0x0000001C
 
+
+
 typedef struct FsContext
 {
     uid_t uid;
diff --git a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
index 5977bcc..27d10cb 100644
--- a/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
+++ b/fsdev/qemu-fsdev.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     const char *path = qemu_opt_get(opts, "path");
     const char *sec_model = qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model");
     const char *writeout = qemu_opt_get(opts, "writeout");
-
+    bool ro = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0);
 
     if (!fsdev_id) {
         fprintf(stderr, "fsdev: No id specified\n");
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
             fsle->fse.export_flags |= V9FS_IMMEDIATE_WRITEOUT;
         }
     }
+    if (ro) {
+        fsle->fse.export_flags |= V9FS_RDONLY;
+    } else {
+        fsle->fse.export_flags &= ~V9FS_RDONLY;
+    }
 
     if (strcmp(fsdriver, "local")) {
         goto done;
diff --git a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
index 8b6813f..e7618d7 100644
--- a/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
+++ b/hw/9pfs/virtio-9p.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,11 @@
     dst->size++;
 }
 
+static inline bool is_ro_export(FsContext *ctx)
+{
+    return ctx->export_flags & V9FS_RDONLY;
+}
+
 static void v9fs_version(void *opaque)
 {
     V9fsPDU *pdu = opaque;
@@ -1690,6 +1695,14 @@
         } else {
             flags = omode_to_uflags(mode);
         }
+        if (is_ro_export(&s->ctx)) {
+            if (mode & O_WRONLY || mode & O_RDWR ||
+                mode & O_APPEND || mode & O_TRUNC) {
+                err = -EROFS;
+                goto out;
+            }
+            flags |= O_NOATIME;
+        }
         err = v9fs_co_open(pdu, fidp, flags);
         if (err < 0) {
             goto out;
@@ -3309,6 +3322,39 @@
     complete_pdu(pdu->s, pdu, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 }
 
+static void v9fs_fs_ro(void *opaque)
+{
+    V9fsPDU *pdu = opaque;
+    complete_pdu(pdu->s, pdu, -EROFS);
+}
+
+static inline bool is_read_only_op(V9fsPDU *pdu)
+{
+    switch (pdu->id) {
+    case P9_TREADDIR:
+    case P9_TSTATFS:
+    case P9_TGETATTR:
+    case P9_TXATTRWALK:
+    case P9_TLOCK:
+    case P9_TGETLOCK:
+    case P9_TREADLINK:
+    case P9_TVERSION:
+    case P9_TLOPEN:
+    case P9_TATTACH:
+    case P9_TSTAT:
+    case P9_TWALK:
+    case P9_TCLUNK:
+    case P9_TFSYNC:
+    case P9_TOPEN:
+    case P9_TREAD:
+    case P9_TAUTH:
+    case P9_TFLUSH:
+        return 1;
+    default:
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+
 static void submit_pdu(V9fsState *s, V9fsPDU *pdu)
 {
     Coroutine *co;
@@ -3320,6 +3366,10 @@
     } else {
         handler = pdu_co_handlers[pdu->id];
     }
+
+    if (is_ro_export(&s->ctx) && !is_read_only_op(pdu)) {
+        handler = v9fs_fs_ro;
+    }
     co = qemu_coroutine_create(handler);
     qemu_coroutine_enter(co, pdu);
 }
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 90b6b3e..597d7e1 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -180,7 +180,11 @@
         }, {
             .name = "writeout",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
         },
+
         { /*End of list */ }
     },
 };
@@ -205,6 +209,9 @@
         }, {
             .name = "writeout",
             .type = QEMU_OPT_STRING,
+        }, {
+            .name = "readonly",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
         },
 
         { /*End of list */ }
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 5d2a776..1baa381 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -528,12 +528,12 @@
 
 DEF("fsdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_fsdev,
     "-fsdev fsdriver,id=id,path=path,[security_model={mapped|passthrough|none}]\n"
-    "       [,writeout=immediate]\n",
+    "       [,writeout=immediate][,readonly]\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 
 STEXI
 
-@item -fsdev @var{fsdriver},id=@var{id},path=@var{path},[security_model=@var{security_model}][,writeout=@var{writeout}]
+@item -fsdev @var{fsdriver},id=@var{id},path=@var{path},[security_model=@var{security_model}][,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly]
 @findex -fsdev
 Define a new file system device. Valid options are:
 @table @option
@@ -563,6 +563,9 @@
 This means that host page cache will be used to read and write data but
 write notification will be sent to the guest only when the data has been
 reported as written by the storage subsystem.
+@item readonly
+Enables exporting 9p share as a readonly mount for guests. By default
+read-write access is given.
 @end table
 
 -fsdev option is used along with -device driver "virtio-9p-pci".
@@ -583,12 +586,12 @@
 
 DEF("virtfs", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_virtfs,
     "-virtfs local,path=path,mount_tag=tag,security_model=[mapped|passthrough|none]\n"
-    "        [,writeout=immediate]\n",
+    "        [,writeout=immediate][,readonly]\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 
 STEXI
 
-@item -virtfs @var{fsdriver},path=@var{path},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag},security_model=@var{security_model}[,writeout=@var{writeout}]
+@item -virtfs @var{fsdriver},path=@var{path},mount_tag=@var{mount_tag},security_model=@var{security_model}[,writeout=@var{writeout}][,readonly]
 @findex -virtfs
 
 The general form of a Virtual File system pass-through options are:
@@ -619,6 +622,9 @@
 This means that host page cache will be used to read and write data but
 write notification will be sent to the guest only when the data has been
 reported as written by the storage subsystem.
+@item readonly
+Enables exporting 9p share as a readonly mount for guests. By default
+read-write access is given.
 @end table
 ETEXI
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 1ddb17b..c51a740 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2707,6 +2707,8 @@
                 qemu_opt_set(fsdev, "security_model",
                              qemu_opt_get(opts, "security_model"));
 
+                qemu_opt_set_bool(fsdev, "readonly",
+                                qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "readonly", 0));
                 device = qemu_opts_create(qemu_find_opts("device"), NULL, 0);
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "driver", "virtio-9p-pci");
                 qemu_opt_set(device, "fsdev",