diff --git a/src/dll/security.c b/src/dll/security.c
index f226c738..8be35119 100644
--- a/src/dll/security.c
+++ b/src/dll/security.c
@@ -341,26 +341,25 @@ FSP_API NTSTATUS FspAccessCheckEx(FSP_FILE_SYSTEM *FileSystem,
 
     if (Request->Req.Create.UserMode)
     {
-        if (0 != (FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY))
+        if (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY == (FileAttributes & (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) &&
+            (DesiredAccess & (FILE_WRITE_DATA | FILE_APPEND_DATA | FILE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY | FILE_DELETE_CHILD)))
         {
-            if (DesiredAccess &
-                (FILE_WRITE_DATA | FILE_APPEND_DATA | FILE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY | FILE_DELETE_CHILD))
-            {
-                Result = STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
-                goto exit;
-            }
-            if (Request->Req.Create.CreateOptions & FILE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE)
-            {
-                Result = STATUS_CANNOT_DELETE;
-                goto exit;
-            }
+            Result = STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED;
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        if (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY == (FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) &&
+            (Request->Req.Create.CreateOptions & FILE_DELETE_ON_CLOSE))
+        {
+            Result = STATUS_CANNOT_DELETE;
+            goto exit;
         }
 
         if (0 == SecurityDescriptorSize)
             *PGrantedAccess = (MAXIMUM_ALLOWED & DesiredAccess) ?
                 FspFileGenericMapping.GenericAll : DesiredAccess;
 
-        if (0 != (FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) &&
+        if (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY == (FileAttributes & (FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) &&
             0 != (MAXIMUM_ALLOWED & DesiredAccess))
             *PGrantedAccess &= ~(FILE_WRITE_DATA | FILE_APPEND_DATA |
                 FILE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY | FILE_DELETE_CHILD);
diff --git a/tools/run-tests.bat b/tools/run-tests.bat
index 8f005861..ed2f08bf 100755
--- a/tools/run-tests.bat
+++ b/tools/run-tests.bat
@@ -725,13 +725,13 @@ exit /b 0
 
 :sample-passthrough-fuse3-x64
 call :__run_sample_fuse_test passthrough-fuse3 x64 passthrough-fuse3-x64 winfsp-tests-x64 ^
-    "-create_fileattr_test -setfileinfo_test"
+    "-create_fileattr_test -create_readonlydir_test -setfileinfo_test"
 if !ERRORLEVEL! neq 0 goto fail
 exit /b 0
 
 :sample-passthrough-fuse3-x86
 call :__run_sample_fuse_test passthrough-fuse3 x86 passthrough-fuse3-x86 winfsp-tests-x86 ^
-    "-create_fileattr_test -setfileinfo_test"
+    "-create_fileattr_test -create_readonlydir_test -setfileinfo_test"
 if !ERRORLEVEL! neq 0 goto fail
 exit /b 0
 
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ cd L: >nul 2>nul || (echo Unable to find drive L: >&2 & goto fail)
 L:
 "%ProjRoot%\build\VStudio\build\%Configuration%\%3.exe" ^
     --external --resilient --case-insensitive-cmp --share-prefix="\%1\%TMP::=$%\%1\test" ^
-    -create_fileattr_test -create_allocation_test -create_notraverse_test -create_backup_test -create_restore_test -create_namelen_test ^
+    -create_fileattr_test -create_readonlydir_test -create_allocation_test -create_notraverse_test -create_backup_test -create_restore_test -create_namelen_test ^
     -getfileattr_test -getfileinfo_name_test -setfileinfo_test -delete_access_test -delete_mmap_test -rename_flipflop_test -rename_mmap_test -setsecurity_test -querydir_namelen_test -exec_rename_dir_test ^
     -reparse* -stream*
 if !ERRORLEVEL! neq 0 set RunSampleTestExit=1
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
index 5392d176..4c05aa21 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
@@ -352,6 +352,68 @@ static void create_fileattr_test(void)
         create_fileattr_dotest(MemfsNet, L"\\\\memfs\\share");
 }
 
+static void create_readonlydir_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix)
+{
+    void *memfs = memfs_start(Flags);
+
+    HANDLE Handle;
+    BOOLEAN Success;
+    DWORD FileAttributes;
+    WCHAR DirPath[MAX_PATH], FilePath[MAX_PATH];
+
+    StringCbPrintfW(DirPath, sizeof DirPath, L"%s%s\\dir0",
+        Prefix ? L"" : L"\\\\?\\GLOBALROOT", Prefix ? Prefix : memfs_volumename(memfs));
+
+    StringCbPrintfW(FilePath, sizeof FilePath, L"%s%s\\dir0\\file0",
+        Prefix ? L"" : L"\\\\?\\GLOBALROOT", Prefix ? Prefix : memfs_volumename(memfs));
+
+    Success = CreateDirectoryW(DirPath, 0);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    Success = SetFileAttributesW(DirPath, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    FileAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(DirPath);
+    ASSERT((FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY | FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY) == FileAttributes);
+
+    Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath,
+        GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, 0, CREATE_NEW, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0);
+    ASSERT(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != Handle);
+    CloseHandle(Handle);
+
+    Success = DeleteFileW(FilePath);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    Success = RemoveDirectoryW(DirPath);
+    ASSERT(!Success);
+    ASSERT(ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED == GetLastError());
+
+    Success = SetFileAttributesW(DirPath, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    FileAttributes = GetFileAttributesW(DirPath);
+    ASSERT(FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY == FileAttributes);
+
+    Success = RemoveDirectoryW(DirPath);
+    ASSERT(Success);
+
+    memfs_stop(memfs);
+}
+
+static void create_readonlydir_test(void)
+{
+    if (NtfsTests)
+    {
+        WCHAR DirBuf[MAX_PATH];
+        GetTestDirectory(DirBuf);
+        create_readonlydir_dotest(-1, DirBuf);
+    }
+    if (WinFspDiskTests)
+        create_readonlydir_dotest(MemfsDisk, 0);
+    if (WinFspNetTests)
+        create_readonlydir_dotest(MemfsNet, L"\\\\memfs\\share");
+}
+
 void create_related_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix)
 {
     void *memfs = memfs_start(Flags);
@@ -1265,6 +1327,7 @@ void create_tests(void)
 {
     TEST(create_test);
     TEST(create_fileattr_test);
+    TEST(create_readonlydir_test);
     TEST(create_related_test);
     TEST(create_allocation_test);
     TEST(create_sd_test);