diff --git a/pkg/util/mount.go b/pkg/util/mount.go
index ffa621d5..9ef53cd1 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func makeMountArgs(source, target string, options []string) []string {
 	// Build mount command as follows:
 	//   mount [-t $fstype] [-o $options] [$source] $target
 	mountArgs := []string{}
-	options = append(options, "bind", "ro")
+	options = append(options, "bind")
 	mountArgs = append(mountArgs, "-o", strings.Join(options, ","))
 	if len(source) > 0 {
 		mountArgs = append(mountArgs, source)