diff --git a/include/sys/zvol.h b/include/sys/zvol.h
index c9eefbeb48..c79fe1d9ad 100644
--- a/include/sys/zvol.h
+++ b/include/sys/zvol.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern void zvol_create_cb(objset_t *, void *, cred_t *, dmu_tx_t *);
 extern int zvol_set_volsize(const char *, uint64_t);
 extern int zvol_set_volthreading(const char *, boolean_t);
 extern int zvol_set_common(const char *, zfs_prop_t, zprop_source_t, uint64_t);
+extern int zvol_set_ro(const char *, boolean_t);
 extern zvol_state_handle_t *zvol_suspend(const char *);
 extern int zvol_resume(zvol_state_handle_t *);
 extern void *zvol_tag(zvol_state_handle_t *);
diff --git a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
index c4e99b34a1..b2b06881bd 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zfs_ioctl.c
@@ -2535,6 +2535,15 @@ zfs_prop_set_special(const char *dsname, zprop_source_t source,
 	case ZFS_PROP_VOLMODE:
 		err = zvol_set_common(dsname, prop, source, intval);
 		break;
+	case ZFS_PROP_READONLY:
+		err = zvol_set_ro(dsname, intval);
+		/*
+		 * Set err to -1 to force the zfs_set_prop_nvlist code down the
+		 * default path to set the value in the nvlist.
+		 */
+		if (err == 0)
+			err = -1;
+		break;
 	case ZFS_PROP_VERSION:
 	{
 		zfsvfs_t *zfsvfs;
diff --git a/module/zfs/zvol.c b/module/zfs/zvol.c
index d5f0693992..c7e10fbc63 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zvol.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zvol.c
@@ -383,6 +383,26 @@ zvol_set_volthreading(const char *name, boolean_t value)
 	return (0);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Update zvol ro property.
+ */
+int
+zvol_set_ro(const char *name, boolean_t value)
+{
+	zvol_state_t *zv = zvol_find_by_name(name, RW_NONE);
+	if (zv == NULL)
+		return (-1);
+	if (value) {
+		zvol_os_set_disk_ro(zv, 1);
+		zv->zv_flags |= ZVOL_RDONLY;
+	} else {
+		zvol_os_set_disk_ro(zv, 0);
+		zv->zv_flags &= ~ZVOL_RDONLY;
+	}
+	mutex_exit(&zv->zv_state_lock);
+	return (0);
+}
+
 /*
  * Sanity check volume block size.
  */