diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
index 94e9b585b..aa92569d6 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReader.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReader {
 			@Override
 			public void doWithPersistentProperty(PersistentProperty<?> property) {
 
-				if (property.isIdProperty() || property.isVersionProperty()) {
+				if (property.isIdProperty() || property.isVersionProperty() || !property.isWritable()) {
 					return;
 				}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
index 5ec0b1280..5fb4600ab 100644
--- a/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/json/DomainObjectReaderUnitTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedDate;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.ReadOnlyProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Version;
 import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.core.mapping.context.KeyValueMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentEntities;
@@ -64,6 +67,7 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(Person.class);
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(TypeWithGenericMap.class);
 		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(VersionedType.class);
+		mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(SampleWithCreatedDate.class);
 		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
 
 		PersistentEntities entities = new PersistentEntities(Collections.singleton(mappingContext));
@@ -172,6 +176,23 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 		assertThat(result.version, is(1L));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREST-873
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void doesNotApplyInputToReadOnlyFields() throws Exception {
+
+		ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+		ObjectNode node = (ObjectNode) mapper.readTree("{}");
+
+		Date reference = new Date();
+
+		SampleWithCreatedDate sample = new SampleWithCreatedDate();
+		sample.createdDate = reference;
+
+		assertThat(reader.readPut(node, sample, mapper).createdDate, is(reference));
+	}
+
 	@JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = Visibility.ANY)
 	static class SampleUser {
 
@@ -213,4 +234,12 @@ public class DomainObjectReaderUnitTests {
 
 		String firstname, lastname;
 	}
+
+	@JsonAutoDetect(fieldVisibility = Visibility.ANY)
+	static class SampleWithCreatedDate {
+
+		@CreatedDate //
+		@ReadOnlyProperty //
+		Date createdDate;
+	}
 }