diff --git a/kernel/include/kernel/BootInfo.h b/kernel/include/kernel/BootInfo.h
index 62760da6..452f9b3d 100644
--- a/kernel/include/kernel/BootInfo.h
+++ b/kernel/include/kernel/BootInfo.h
@@ -55,5 +55,6 @@ namespace Kernel
 	BAN::StringView get_early_boot_command_line(uint32_t magic, uint32_t info);
 
 	extern BootInfo g_boot_info;
+	extern bool g_disable_disk_write;
 
 }
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/BootInfo.cpp b/kernel/kernel/BootInfo.cpp
index 73a9cdd4..d9712783 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/BootInfo.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/BootInfo.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ namespace Kernel
 {
 
 	BootInfo g_boot_info;
+	bool g_disable_disk_write { false };
 
 	static MemoryMapEntry::Type bios_number_to_memory_type(uint32_t number)
 	{
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Storage/DiskCache.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Storage/DiskCache.cpp
index f88ffb0f..b958db83 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Storage/DiskCache.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Storage/DiskCache.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <kernel/BootInfo.h>
 #include <kernel/Lock/LockGuard.h>
 #include <kernel/Memory/Heap.h>
 #include <kernel/Memory/PageTable.h>
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 	BAN::ErrorOr<void> DiskCache::sync()
 	{
+		if (g_disable_disk_write)
+			return {};
+
 		for (auto& cache : m_cache)
 		{
 			if (cache.dirty_mask == 0)
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp b/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
index 624fa8ac..2cd7eded 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/Storage/StorageDevice.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <BAN/ScopeGuard.h>
 #include <BAN/StringView.h>
 #include <BAN/UTF8.h>
+#include <kernel/BootInfo.h>
 #include <kernel/FS/DevFS/FileSystem.h>
 #include <kernel/FS/VirtualFileSystem.h>
 #include <kernel/Lock/LockGuard.h>
@@ -265,6 +266,13 @@ namespace Kernel
 
 		LockGuard _(m_mutex);
 
+		if (g_disable_disk_write)
+		{
+			if (!m_disk_cache.has_value())
+				return BAN::Error::from_errno(EIO);
+			return m_disk_cache->write_to_cache(lba, buffer, true);
+		}
+
 		if (!m_disk_cache.has_value())
 			return write_sectors_impl(lba, sector_count, buffer);
 
diff --git a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 51ff6e9a..4b951702 100644
--- a/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/kernel/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ static void parse_command_line()
 			cmdline.disable_usb = true;
 		else if (argument == "noacpi")
 			cmdline.disable_acpi = true;
+		else if (argument == "readonly")
+			Kernel::g_disable_disk_write = true;
 		else if (argument == "nodebug")
 			g_disable_debug = true;
 		else if (argument.starts_with("ps2="))