diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
index eb5e25b14..580ae6411 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfig.java
@@ -2128,6 +2128,7 @@ public class DatabaseConfig implements DatabaseBuilder.Settings {
     loadDocStoreSettings(p);
 
     defaultServer = p.getBoolean("defaultServer", defaultServer);
+    readOnlyDatabase = p.getBoolean("readOnlyDatabase", readOnlyDatabase);
     autoPersistUpdates = p.getBoolean("autoPersistUpdates", autoPersistUpdates);
     loadModuleInfo = p.getBoolean("loadModuleInfo", loadModuleInfo);
     maxCallStack = p.getInt("maxCallStack", maxCallStack);
diff --git a/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfigTest.java b/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfigTest.java
index d816584b2..63bc0f2eb 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfigTest.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/test/java/io/ebean/config/DatabaseConfigTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class DatabaseConfigTest {
     props.setProperty("forUpdateNoKey", "true");
     props.setProperty("defaultServer", "false");
     props.setProperty("skipDataSourceCheck", "true");
+    props.setProperty("readOnlyDatabase", "true");
 
     props.setProperty("queryPlan.enable", "true");
     props.setProperty("queryPlan.thresholdMicros", "10000");
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class DatabaseConfigTest {
     assertTrue(settings.isAutoLoadModuleInfo());
     assertTrue(settings.isLoadModuleInfo());
     assertTrue(settings.skipDataSourceCheck());
+    assertTrue(settings.readOnlyDatabase());
 
     assertTrue(settings.isIdGeneratorAutomatic());
     assertFalse(settings.getPlatformConfig().isCaseSensitiveCollation());