diff --git a/config/alfresco/replication-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/replication-services-context.xml
index 65790f1227..5a332d646a 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/replication-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/replication-services-context.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
       <property name="actionTrackingService" ref="actionTrackingService" />
       <property name="transactionService" ref="transactionService" />
       <property name="replicationDefinitionPersister" ref="replicationDefinitionPersister" />
+      <property name="readOnly" value="true" />
    </bean>
 
    <!-- JavaScript API support -->
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/replication/ReplicationActionExecutor.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/replication/ReplicationActionExecutor.java
index cf95b9985e..aa2d233b2a 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/replication/ReplicationActionExecutor.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/replication/ReplicationActionExecutor.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class ReplicationActionExecutor extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase {
    private ActionTrackingService actionTrackingService;
    private TransactionService transactionService;
    private ReplicationDefinitionPersisterImpl replicationDefinitionPersister;
+   private Boolean readOnly;
    
    /**
     * By default, we lock for 30 minutes
@@ -134,6 +135,16 @@ public class ReplicationActionExecutor extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase {
        this.replicationDefinitionPersister = replicationDefinitionPersister;
    }
 
+   /**
+    * Sets transfer read only default value
+    *  
+    * @param readOnly true => mark items in destination repository as read only
+    */
+   public void setReadOnly(Boolean readOnly)
+   {
+       this.readOnly = readOnly;
+   }
+   
    @Override
    protected void addParameterDefinitions(List<ParameterDefinition> paramList) {
       // Not used - our definitions hold everything on them
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ public class ReplicationActionExecutor extends ActionExecuterAbstractBase {
          new TransferDefinition();
       transferDefinition.setNodes(toTransfer);
       transferDefinition.setSync(true);
-      transferDefinition.setReadOnly(true);
+      transferDefinition.setReadOnly(readOnly == null ? true : readOnly);
       
       // Exclude aspects from transfer
       // NOTE: this list of aspects should be synced up with the NodeCrawler in expandPayload to