diff --git a/src/components/input/input.js b/src/components/input/input.js
index b0178d5dc6b..288824716e4 100644
--- a/src/components/input/input.js
+++ b/src/components/input/input.js
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ function inputTextareaDirective($mdUtil, $window, $compile, $animate) {
 
     var containerCtrl = ctrls[0];
     var ngModelCtrl = ctrls[1] || $mdUtil.fakeNgModel();
+    var isReadonly = angular.isDefined(attr.readonly);
 
     if ( !containerCtrl ) return;
     if (containerCtrl.input) {
@@ -205,15 +206,18 @@ function inputTextareaDirective($mdUtil, $window, $compile, $animate) {
     ngModelCtrl.$parsers.push(ngModelPipelineCheckValue);
     ngModelCtrl.$formatters.push(ngModelPipelineCheckValue);
 
-    element
-      .on('input', inputCheckValue)
-      .on('focus', function(ev) {
-        containerCtrl.setFocused(true);
-      })
-      .on('blur', function(ev) {
-        containerCtrl.setFocused(false);
-        inputCheckValue();
-      });
+    element.on('input', inputCheckValue);
+
+    if (!isReadonly) {
+      element
+        .on('focus', function(ev) {
+          containerCtrl.setFocused(true);
+        })
+        .on('blur', function(ev) {
+          containerCtrl.setFocused(false);
+          inputCheckValue();
+        });
+    }
 
     scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
       containerCtrl.setFocused(false);
diff --git a/src/components/input/input.spec.js b/src/components/input/input.spec.js
index 87f5801346f..90f4e1f9c29 100644
--- a/src/components/input/input.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/input/input.spec.js
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ describe('md-input-container directive', function() {
     expect(el).not.toHaveClass('md-input-focused');
   });
 
+  it('not should set focus class on container if readonly', function() {
+    var el = setup('readonly');
+    expect(el).not.toHaveClass('md-input-focused');
+
+    el.find('input').triggerHandler('focus');
+    expect(el).not.toHaveClass('md-input-focused');
+
+    el.find('input').triggerHandler('blur');
+    expect(el).not.toHaveClass('md-input-focused');
+  });
+
   it('should set has-value class on container for non-ng-model input', function() {
     var el = setup();
     expect(el).not.toHaveClass('md-input-has-value');