diff --git a/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.h b/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.h
index a3744db51..ba3d4aaf5 100644
--- a/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.h
+++ b/dbcon/dmlpackageproc/dmlpackageprocessor.h
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ class DMLPackageProcessor
     ACTIVE_TRANSACTION_ERROR,
     TABLE_LOCK_ERROR,
     JOB_ERROR,
-    JOB_CANCELED
+    JOB_CANCELED,
+    DBRM_READ_ONLY
   };
 
   enum DebugLevel /** @brief Debug level type enumeration */
diff --git a/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp b/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
index 81cce5031..c2e989b06 100644
--- a/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
+++ b/dmlproc/dmlprocessor.cpp
@@ -1387,7 +1387,7 @@ void DMLProcessor::operator()()
           0)  // > 0 implies succesful retrieval. It doesn't imply anything about the contents
       {
         messageqcpp::ByteStream results;
-        const char* responseMsg = 0;
+        std::string responseMsg;
         bool bReject = false;
 
         // Check to see if we're in write suspended mode
@@ -1433,6 +1433,14 @@ void DMLProcessor::operator()()
             }
           }
 
+          // MCOL-4988 Check if DBRM is in READ ONLY mode
+          if (fDbrm->isReadWrite() == BRM::ERR_READONLY)
+          {
+            BRM::errString(BRM::ERR_READONLY, responseMsg);
+            status = DMLPackageProcessor::DBRM_READ_ONLY;
+            bReject = true;
+          }
+
           if (bReject)
           {
             // For batch insert, we need to send a lastpkg message