diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 234afd65361..29fd001a783 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@
           "styles": [
             "index"
           ]
+        },
+        "compass-readonly": {
+          "name": "mongodb-compass-readonly",
+          "productName": "MongoDB Compass Readonly",
+          "bundleId": "com.mongodb.compass.readonly",
+          "plugins-directory": ".mongodb/compass-readonly/plugins",
+          "readonly": true,
+          "plugins": [
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-crud",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-collection-stats",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-connect",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-auth-kerberos",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-auth-ldap",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-auth-x509",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-document-validation",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-deployment-awareness",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-query-history",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-security",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-serverstats",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-server-version",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-ssh-tunnel-status",
+            "node_modules/@mongodb-js/compass-status"
+          ],
+          "styles": [
+            "index"
+          ]
         }
       },
       "build": {
diff --git a/src/setup-hadron-distribution.js b/src/setup-hadron-distribution.js
index 9de3df3741b..d39b85aaf1f 100644
--- a/src/setup-hadron-distribution.js
+++ b/src/setup-hadron-distribution.js
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ if (!process.env.HADRON_DISTRIBUTION) {
   process.env.HADRON_DISTRIBUTION = distribution;
 }
 
-const name = pkg.config.hadron.distributions[process.env.HADRON_DISTRIBUTION].name;
+const config = pkg.config.hadron.distributions[process.env.HADRON_DISTRIBUTION];
+const name = config.name;
+const readonly = config.readonly;
 process.env.HADRON_PRODUCT = name || 'mongodb-compass';
+process.env.HADRON_READONLY = readonly || false;
 
 if (pkg.distribution) {
   process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';