diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
index ea9966c9c5..b2ef856122 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponent.java
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ public interface AuditComponent
      * this method might return <tt>false</tt> are: auditing is disabled; no audit applications
      * have been registered.  Sometimes, depending on the log level, this method may always
      * return <tt>true</tt>.
-     * <p/>
-     * <tt>false</tt> will always be returned if the server is read-only.
      * 
      * 
      * @return                  Returns <code>true</code> if the calling code (data producers)
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentImpl.java
index 57404fd1f5..55a80708c4 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
  *
  * This file is part of Alfresco
  *
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.AlfrescoTransactionSupport.TxnReadState;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.audit.AuditQueryParameters;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.audit.AuditService.AuditQueryCallback;
@@ -247,16 +248,8 @@ public class AuditComponentImpl implements AuditComponent
      */
     public boolean areAuditValuesRequired()
     {
-        if (transactionService.isReadOnly())
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return
-                (loggerInbound.isDebugEnabled()) ||
+        return (loggerInbound.isDebugEnabled()) ||
                 (isAuditEnabled() && !auditModelRegistry.getAuditPathMapper().isEmpty());
-        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -580,7 +573,9 @@ public class AuditComponentImpl implements AuditComponent
                     return recordAuditValuesImpl(mappedValues);
                 }
             };
-            return transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(callback, false, true);
+            RetryingTransactionHelper txnHelper = transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper();
+            txnHelper.setForceWritable(true);
+            return txnHelper.doInTransaction(callback, false, true);
         case TXN_READ_WRITE:
             return recordAuditValuesImpl(mappedValues);
         default:
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentTest.java
index ba09319dbd..b5f86b2493 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentTest.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/audit/AuditComponentTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2005-2013 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
  *
  * This file is part of Alfresco
  *
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.authentication.AuthenticationUtil.RunAsWork;
 import org.alfresco.repo.security.permissions.AccessDeniedException;
 import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.RetryingTransactionHelper.RetryingTransactionCallback;
+import org.alfresco.repo.transaction.TransactionServiceImpl;
 import org.alfresco.service.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.audit.AuditQueryParameters;
 import org.alfresco.service.cmr.audit.AuditService;
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ public class AuditComponentTest extends TestCase
     private AuditService auditService;
     private ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry;
     private TransactionService transactionService;
+    private TransactionServiceImpl transactionServiceImpl;
     private NodeService nodeService;
     private FileFolderService fileFolderService;
     
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ public class AuditComponentTest extends TestCase
         serviceRegistry = (ServiceRegistry) ctx.getBean(ServiceRegistry.SERVICE_REGISTRY);
         auditService = serviceRegistry.getAuditService();
         transactionService = serviceRegistry.getTransactionService();
+        transactionServiceImpl = (TransactionServiceImpl) ctx.getBean("transactionService");
         nodeService = serviceRegistry.getNodeService();
         fileFolderService = serviceRegistry.getFileFolderService();
         
@@ -263,7 +266,7 @@ public class AuditComponentTest extends TestCase
                 return auditComponent.recordAuditValues(actionPath, adjustedValues);
             }
         };
-        return transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(auditCallback);
+        return transactionService.getRetryingTransactionHelper().doInTransaction(auditCallback, true, false);
     }
     
     /**
@@ -987,4 +990,22 @@ public class AuditComponentTest extends TestCase
         };
         AuthenticationUtil.runAs(work, AuthenticationUtil.getAdminRoleName());
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Test for <a href="https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/MNT-11072">MNT-11072</a>
+     * @throws Exception 
+     */
+    public void testAuditInReadOnly() throws Exception
+    {
+        QName veto = QName.createQName(NamespaceService.APP_MODEL_1_0_URI, "TestVeto");
+        transactionServiceImpl.setAllowWrite(false, veto);
+        try
+        {
+            auditAction02("action-02");
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            transactionServiceImpl.setAllowWrite(true, veto);   
+        }
+    }
 }