diff --git a/integration/test-delupd.sh b/integration/test-delupd.sh
index bcc45a402..957352e5a 100755
--- a/integration/test-delupd.sh
+++ b/integration/test-delupd.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ alterFiles() {
 	for i in 1 12-2 23-3 ; do
 		# Delete some files
 		pushd "s$i" >/dev/null
+		chmod 755 ro-test
 		nfiles=$(find . -type f | wc -l)
 		if [[ $nfiles -ge 300 ]] ; then
 			todelete=$(( $nfiles - 300 ))
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ alterFiles() {
 		../genfiles -maxexp 22 -files 200
 		echo "  $i: append to large file"
 		dd if=large-$i bs=1024k count=4 >> large-$i 2>/dev/null
+		echo "  $i: new files in ro directory"
+		uuidgen > ro-test/$(uuidgen)
+		chmod 500 ro-test
+
 		../md5r -l | sort | grep -v .stversions > ../md5-$i
 		popd >/dev/null
 	done
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ alterFiles() {
 }
 
 rm -rf h?/*.idx.gz h?/index
+chmod -R u+w s? s??-?
 rm -rf s? s??-?
 mkdir s1 s2 s3 s12-1 s12-2 s23-2 s23-3
 
@@ -126,6 +132,10 @@ for i in 1 12-2 23-3; do
 	pushd "s$i" >/dev/null
 	echo "  $i: random nonoverlapping"
 	../genfiles -maxexp 22 -files 400
+	echo "  $i: ro directory"
+	mkdir ro-test
+	uuidgen > ro-test/$(uuidgen)
+	chmod 500 ro-test
 	popd >/dev/null
 done
 
diff --git a/model/puller.go b/model/puller.go
index 312113794..d5aa63a98 100644
--- a/model/puller.go
+++ b/model/puller.go
@@ -436,9 +436,12 @@ func (p *puller) handleBlock(b bqBlock) bool {
 		of.temp = filepath.Join(p.repoCfg.Directory, defTempNamer.TempName(f.Name))
 
 		dirName := filepath.Dir(of.filepath)
-		_, err := os.Stat(dirName)
+		fi, err := os.Stat(dirName)
 		if err != nil {
 			err = os.MkdirAll(dirName, 0777)
+		} else {
+			// We need to make sure the directory is writeable so we can create files in it
+			err = os.Chmod(dirName, 0777)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			l.Infof("mkdir: error: %q / %q: %v", p.repoCfg.ID, f.Name, err)
@@ -597,7 +600,9 @@ func (p *puller) handleEmptyBlock(b bqBlock) {
 			l.Debugf("pull: delete %q", f.Name)
 		}
 		os.Remove(of.temp)
+		// Ensure the file and the directory it is in is writeable so we can remove the file
 		os.Chmod(of.filepath, 0666)
+		os.Chmod(filepath.Dir(of.filepath), 0777)
 		if p.versioner != nil {
 			if debug {
 				l.Debugln("pull: deleting with versioner")