diff --git a/cmd/gateway.go b/cmd/gateway.go
index 5cd16dce9157..702bf723373c 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway.go
@@ -158,12 +158,16 @@ func gateway(c *cli.Context) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	if _, err := jfsGateway.GetBucketInfo(context.Background(), minio.MinioMetaBucket); errors.As(err, &minio.BucketNotFound{}) {
-		if err := jfsGateway.MakeBucketWithLocation(context.Background(), minio.MinioMetaBucket, minio.BucketOptions{}); err != nil {
-			logger.Fatalf("init MinioMetaBucket error %s: %s", minio.MinioMetaBucket, err)
+	if c.IsSet("read-only") {
+		os.Setenv("JUICEFS_META_READ_ONLY", "1")
+	} else {
+		if _, err := jfsGateway.GetBucketInfo(context.Background(), minio.MinioMetaBucket); errors.As(err, &minio.BucketNotFound{}) {
+			if err := jfsGateway.MakeBucketWithLocation(context.Background(), minio.MinioMetaBucket, minio.BucketOptions{}); err != nil {
+				logger.Fatalf("init MinioMetaBucket error %s: %s", minio.MinioMetaBucket, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	args := []string{"server", "--address", listenAddr, "--anonymous"}
 	if c.Bool("no-banner") {
 		args = append(args, "--quiet")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 76736ebb5662..b9c79db1d13c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ require (
 	xorm.io/builder v0.3.7 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/minio/minio v0.0.0-20210206053228-97fe57bba92c => github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240612084555-8a33dba0f571
+replace github.com/minio/minio v0.0.0-20210206053228-97fe57bba92c => github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240719032536-5d15c7c0135d
 
 replace github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2 v2.1.1-0.20210611132105-24a1dfe6b4f8 => github.com/juicedata/go-fuse/v2 v2.1.1-0.20240425033113-7c40cb5eb3e9
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 59146873a380..b675f8be1585 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ github.com/juicedata/gogfapi v0.0.0-20230626071140-fc28e5537825 h1:7KrwI4HPqvNLK
 github.com/juicedata/gogfapi v0.0.0-20230626071140-fc28e5537825/go.mod h1:Ho5G4KgrgbMKW0buAJdOmYoJcOImkzznJQaLiATrsx4=
 github.com/juicedata/huaweicloud-sdk-go-obs v3.22.12-0.20230228031208-386e87b5c091+incompatible h1:2/ttSmYoX+QMegpNyAJR0Y6aHcVk57F7RJit5xN2T/s=
 github.com/juicedata/huaweicloud-sdk-go-obs v3.22.12-0.20230228031208-386e87b5c091+incompatible/go.mod h1:Ukwa8ffRQLV6QRwpqGioPjn2Wnf7TBDA4DbennDOqHE=
-github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240612084555-8a33dba0f571 h1:usZ1RJ9AssiJxSVRibh2mbQ5cI9FuSbkXJTiweL3hxk=
-github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240612084555-8a33dba0f571/go.mod h1:UOWyfa3ls1tnpJrNw2yzGqfrwM4nzsZq/qz+zd6H+/Q=
+github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240719032536-5d15c7c0135d h1:rDGD7VqSTs2gTr8HNFgnit1xrUPUWl6v+5HsgL2QrYM=
+github.com/juicedata/minio v0.0.0-20240719032536-5d15c7c0135d/go.mod h1:UOWyfa3ls1tnpJrNw2yzGqfrwM4nzsZq/qz+zd6H+/Q=
 github.com/juicedata/mpb/v7 v7.0.4-0.20231024073412-2b8d31be510b h1:0/6suPNZnrOlRlBaU/Bnitu8HiKkkLSzQhHbwQ9AysM=
 github.com/juicedata/mpb/v7 v7.0.4-0.20231024073412-2b8d31be510b/go.mod h1:NXGsfPGx6G2JssqvEcULtDqUrxuuYs4llpv8W6ZUpzk=
 github.com/juju/ratelimit v1.0.2 h1:sRxmtRiajbvrcLQT7S+JbqU0ntsb9W2yhSdNN8tWfaI=
diff --git a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
index e9f641c33923..dd10c89bacd5 100644
--- a/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/gateway/gateway.go
@@ -218,9 +218,11 @@ func (n *jfsObjects) MakeBucketWithLocation(ctx context.Context, bucket string,
 		}
 	}
 	eno := n.fs.Mkdir(mctx, n.path(bucket), 0777, n.gConf.Umask)
-	metadata := minio.NewBucketMetadata(bucket)
-	if err := metadata.Save(ctx, n); err != nil {
-		return err
+	if eno == 0 {
+		metadata := minio.NewBucketMetadata(bucket)
+		if err := metadata.Save(ctx, n); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	return jfsToObjectErr(ctx, eno, bucket)
 }
@@ -1200,6 +1202,9 @@ func (j *jfsFLock) GetLock(ctx context.Context, timeout *minio.DynamicTimeout) (
 }
 
 func (j *jfsFLock) getFlockWithTimeOut(ctx context.Context, ltype uint32, timeout *minio.DynamicTimeout) (context.Context, error) {
+	if os.Getenv("JUICEFS_META_READ_ONLY") != "" {
+		return ctx, nil
+	}
 	if j.inode == 0 {
 		logger.Warnf("failed to get lock")
 		return ctx, nil
@@ -1254,7 +1259,7 @@ func (j *jfsFLock) getFlockWithTimeOut(ctx context.Context, ltype uint32, timeou
 }
 
 func (j *jfsFLock) Unlock() {
-	if j.inode == 0 {
+	if j.inode == 0 || os.Getenv("JUICEFS_META_READ_ONLY") != "" {
 		return
 	}
 	if errno := j.meta.Flock(mctx, j.inode, j.owner, meta.F_UNLCK, true); errno != 0 {
@@ -1268,7 +1273,7 @@ func (j *jfsFLock) GetRLock(ctx context.Context, timeout *minio.DynamicTimeout)
 }
 
 func (j *jfsFLock) RUnlock() {
-	if j.inode == 0 {
+	if j.inode == 0 || os.Getenv("JUICEFS_META_READ_ONLY") != "" {
 		return
 	}
 	if errno := j.meta.Flock(mctx, j.inode, j.owner, meta.F_UNLCK, true); errno != 0 {
@@ -1278,6 +1283,9 @@ func (j *jfsFLock) RUnlock() {
 }
 
 func (n *jfsObjects) NewNSLock(bucket string, objects ...string) minio.RWLocker {
+	if os.Getenv("JUICEFS_META_READ_ONLY") != "" {
+		return &jfsFLock{}
+	}
 	if len(objects) != 1 {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("jfsObjects.NewNSLock: the length of the objects parameter must be 1, current %s", objects))
 	}