1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/firejail/fs.c b/src/firejail/fs.c
index 652f897d0..af1ddf93b 100644
--- a/src/firejail/fs.c
+++ b/src/firejail/fs.c
@@ -734,8 +734,10 @@ void fs_basic_fs(void) {
         fs_rdonly("/lib32");
         fs_rdonly("/libx32");
         fs_rdonly("/usr");
-        fs_rdonly("/etc");
-        fs_rdonly("/var");
+        if (!arg_writable_etc)
+                fs_rdonly("/etc");
+        if (!arg_writable_var)
+                fs_rdonly("/var");
 
         // update /var directory in order to support multiple sandboxes running on the same root directory
         if (!arg_private_dev)