diff --git a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
index 5727d1502b..edd84fb40d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/rootfs_ipk.bbclass
@@ -54,17 +54,27 @@ fakeroot rootfs_ipk_do_rootfs () {
 	${OPKG_POSTPROCESS_COMMANDS}
 	${ROOTFS_POSTINSTALL_COMMAND}
 	
+	runtime_script_required=0
 	for i in ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}/info/*.preinst; do
 		if [ -f $i ] && ! sh $i; then
+		     	runtime_script_required=1
 			opkg-cl ${IPKG_ARGS} flag unpacked `basename $i .preinst`
 		fi
 	done
 	for i in ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${opkglibdir}/info/*.postinst; do
 		if [ -f $i ] && ! sh $i configure; then
+		     	runtime_script_required=1
 			opkg-cl ${IPKG_ARGS} flag unpacked `basename $i .postinst`
 		fi
 	done
 
+	if ${@base_contains("IMAGE_FEATURES", "read-only-rootfs", "true", "false" ,d)}; then
+		if [ $runtime_script_required -eq 1 ]; then
+			echo "Some packages could not be configured offline and rootfs is read-only."
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
 	install -d ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/${sysconfdir}
 	echo ${BUILDNAME} > ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/${sysconfdir}/version