diff --git a/encfs/FileUtils.cpp b/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
index f50d007..d5cd86d 100644
--- a/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/encfs/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -1051,6 +1051,12 @@ 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 2e561fa..ca96d7c 100755
--- a/tests/reverse.t.pl
+++ b/tests/reverse.t.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Test EncFS --reverse mode
 
 use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 31;
+use Test::More tests => 25;
 use File::Path;
 use File::Temp;
 use IO::Handle;
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ symlink_test("foo"); # relative
 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();