diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
index 4ac1d7c6396f..9666bc0a99ae 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/CompactSplit.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.IntSupplier;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HConstants;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.ConfigurationManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.conf.PropagatingConfigurationObserver;
@@ -344,6 +345,11 @@ protected void requestCompactionInternal(HRegion region, HStore store, String wh
       return;
     }
 
+    if (isReadOnlyEnabled()) {
+      LOG.info("Ignoring compaction request for " + region + ",because read-only mode is on.");
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (
       this.server.isStopped() || (region.getTableDescriptor() != null
         && !region.getTableDescriptor().isCompactionEnabled())
@@ -442,6 +448,13 @@ private Optional<CompactionContext> selectCompaction(HRegion region, HStore stor
       LOG.info(String.format("User has disabled compactions"));
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+
+    // Should not allow compaction if cluster is in read-only mode
+    if (isReadOnlyEnabled()) {
+      LOG.info(String.format("Compaction request skipped as read-only mode is on"));
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     Optional<CompactionContext> compaction = store.requestCompaction(priority, tracker, user);
     if (!compaction.isPresent() && region.getRegionInfo() != null) {
       String reason = "Not compacting " + region.getRegionInfo().getRegionNameAsString()
@@ -856,6 +869,11 @@ public boolean isCompactionsEnabled() {
     return compactionsEnabled;
   }
 
+  private boolean isReadOnlyEnabled() {
+    return conf.getBoolean(HConstants.HBASE_GLOBAL_READONLY_ENABLED_KEY,
+      HConstants.HBASE_GLOBAL_READONLY_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
+  }
+
   public void setCompactionsEnabled(boolean compactionsEnabled) {
     this.compactionsEnabled = compactionsEnabled;
     this.conf.setBoolean(HBASE_REGION_SERVER_ENABLE_COMPACTION, compactionsEnabled);
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
index bc24ad579444..29d8e0bcb485 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/storefiletracker/StoreFileTrackerBase.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private HFileContext createFileContext(Compression.Algorithm compression,
   public final StoreFileWriter createWriter(CreateStoreFileWriterParams params) throws IOException {
     if (!isPrimaryReplica || isReadOnlyEnabled()) {
       throw new IllegalStateException(
-        "Should not call create writer on secondary replicas or in read only mode");
+        "Should not call create writer on secondary replicas or in read-only mode");
     }
     // creating new cache config for each new writer
     final CacheConfig cacheConf = ctx.getCacheConf();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/ReadOnlyController.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/ReadOnlyController.java
index 5b7ab67df0bf..7bd16d10ef31 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/ReadOnlyController.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/ReadOnlyController.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.Filter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.FlushLifeCycleTracker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.MiniBatchOperationInProgress;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.Store;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.StoreFile;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.compactions.CompactionLifeCycleTracker;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Pair;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.wal.WALEdit;
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ private void internalReadOnlyGuard() throws IOException {
 
   @Override
   public void start(CoprocessorEnvironment env) throws IOException {
+
     this.globalReadOnlyEnabled =
       env.getConfiguration().getBoolean(HConstants.HBASE_GLOBAL_READONLY_ENABLED_KEY,
         HConstants.HBASE_GLOBAL_READONLY_ENABLED_DEFAULT);
@@ -131,6 +135,13 @@ public void preFlush(final ObserverContext<? extends RegionCoprocessorEnvironmen
     internalReadOnlyGuard();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void preCompactSelection(ObserverContext<? extends RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> c,
+    Store store, List<? extends StoreFile> candidates, CompactionLifeCycleTracker tracker)
+    throws IOException {
+    internalReadOnlyGuard();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean preCheckAndPut(ObserverContext<? extends RegionCoprocessorEnvironment> c,
     byte[] row, byte[] family, byte[] qualifier, CompareOperator op, ByteArrayComparable comparator,