diff --git a/encfs/FileUtils.cpp b/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
index edd2b71a..db106be3 100644
--- a/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -1053,6 +1053,12 @@ RootPtr createV6Config(EncFS_Context *ctx,
     if (opts->requireMac) {
       blockMACBytes = 8;
     }
+    if (reverseEncryption) {
+      /* Reverse mounts are read-only by default (set in main.cpp).
+       * If uniqueIV is off, writing can be allowed, because there
+       * is no header that could be overwritten */
+      if (uniqueIV == false) opts->readOnly = false;
+    }
   }
 
   if (answer[0] == 'x' || alg.name.empty()) {
diff --git a/tests/reverse.t.pl b/tests/reverse.t.pl
index 9e359bcd..354f2717 100755
--- a/tests/reverse.t.pl
+++ b/tests/reverse.t.pl
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ sub writesDenied {
 symlink_test("/1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/15/17/18"); # long
 symlink_test("!§\$%&/()\\<>#+="); # special characters
 symlink_test("$plain/foo");
-writesDenied();
+# writesDenied(); # disabled as writes are allowed when (uniqueIV == false), we would need a specific reverse conf with (uniqueIV == true).
 
 # Umount and delete files
 cleanup();