diff --git a/generate-rpm-note.sh b/generate-rpm-note.sh
index e3d0bdb..b80b6ca 100644
--- a/generate-rpm-note.sh
+++ b/generate-rpm-note.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+readonly=1
+
 pad_string() {
     for _ in $(seq "$1"); do
         printf ' BYTE(0x00)'
@@ -28,9 +30,10 @@ write_string() {
 
 write_script() {
     value_len=$(( (${#1} + 3) / 4 * 4 ))
+    [ -n "$readonly" ] && readonly_attr='(READONLY) '
 
     printf 'SECTIONS\n{\n'
-    printf '    .note.package (READONLY) : ALIGN(4) {\n'
+    printf '    .note.package %s: ALIGN(4) {\n' "$readonly_attr"
     printf '        BYTE(0x04) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) /* Length of Owner including NUL */\n'
     printf '        BYTE(0x%02x) BYTE(0x%02x) BYTE(0x00) BYTE(0x00) /* Length of Value including NUL */\n' \
            $((value_len % 256)) $((value_len / 256))
@@ -44,6 +47,11 @@ write_script() {
     printf 'INSERT AFTER .note.gnu.build-id;\n'
 }
 
+if [ "$1" == "--readonly=no" ]; then
+    shift
+    readonly=
+fi
+
 cpe="$(cat /usr/lib/system-release-cpe)"
 json="$(printf '{"type":"rpm","name":"%s","version":"%s","architecture":"%s","osCpe":"%s"}' "$1" "$2" "$3" "$cpe")"
 write_script "$json"
diff --git a/macros.package-notes-srpm b/macros.package-notes-srpm
index 20d9d6f..d44e659 100644
--- a/macros.package-notes-srpm
+++ b/macros.package-notes-srpm
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 # See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Package_information_on_ELF_objects
 # for details.
 %_package_note_file     %{_builddir}%{?buildsubdir:/%{buildsubdir}}/.package_note-%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{_arch}.ld
+%_package_note_readonly 1
 
 %_package_note_flags    %{?_package_note_file:%{?name:%["%_target_cpu" == "noarch"?"":"-Wl,-dT,%{_package_note_file}"]}}
 
-%_generate_package_note_file %{?_package_note_file:%{?name:%["%_target_cpu" == "noarch"?"":"if [ -f %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh ]; then %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh ${RPM_PACKAGE_NAME:?} ${RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION:?}-${RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE:?} ${RPM_ARCH:?} >%{_package_note_file}; fi"]}}
+%_generate_package_note_file %{?_package_note_file:%{?name:%["%_target_cpu" == "noarch"?"":"if [ -f %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh ]; then %{_rpmconfigdir}/generate-rpm-note.sh %{!?_package_note_readonly:--readonly=no} ${RPM_PACKAGE_NAME:?} ${RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION:?}-${RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE:?} ${RPM_ARCH:?} >%{_package_note_file}; fi"]}}