diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
index 11f4bd8d6..6883eae61 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_list.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type CmdList struct {
+	NoLock bool `long:"no-lock" default:"false" description:"Do not lock repository, this allows listing a read-only repo"`
+
 	global *GlobalOptions
 }
 
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@ func (cmd CmdList) Execute(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	lock, err := lockRepo(repo)
-	defer unlockRepo(lock)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !cmd.NoLock {
+		lock, err := lockRepo(repo)
+		defer unlockRepo(lock)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	var t backend.Type
diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
index 26ef9b9e0..389d0b5cc 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_restore.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type CmdRestore struct {
 	Exclude []string `short:"e" long:"exclude" description:"Exclude a pattern (can be specified multiple times)"`
 	Include []string `short:"i" long:"include" description:"Include a pattern, exclude everything else (can be specified multiple times)"`
 	Target  string   `short:"t" long:"target"  description:"Directory to restore to"`
+	NoLock  bool     `          long:"no-lock" default:"false" description:"Do not lock repository, this allows restoring a read-only repo"`
 
 	global *GlobalOptions
 }
@@ -53,10 +54,12 @@ func (cmd CmdRestore) Execute(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	lock, err := lockRepo(repo)
-	defer unlockRepo(lock)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if !cmd.NoLock {
+		lock, err := lockRepo(repo)
+		defer unlockRepo(lock)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	err = repo.LoadIndex()
diff --git a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
index 3cbfde18a..21e118d60 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/integration_test.go
@@ -62,20 +62,31 @@ func cmdBackupExcludes(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, target []string, pare
 }
 
 func cmdList(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, tpe string) backend.IDs {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	global.stdout = &buf
 	cmd := &CmdList{global: &global}
+	return executeAndParseIDs(t, cmd, tpe)
+}
 
-	OK(t, cmd.Execute([]string{tpe}))
-	IDs := parseIDsFromReader(t, &buf)
+func executeAndParseIDs(t testing.TB, cmd *CmdList, args ...string) backend.IDs {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	cmd.global.stdout = buf
+	OK(t, cmd.Execute(args))
+	return parseIDsFromReader(t, buf)
+}
 
-	return IDs
+func cmdListNoLock(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, tpe string) backend.IDs {
+	cmd := &CmdList{global: &global, NoLock: true}
+	return executeAndParseIDs(t, cmd, tpe)
 }
 
 func cmdRestore(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, dir string, snapshotID backend.ID) {
 	cmdRestoreExcludes(t, global, dir, snapshotID, nil)
 }
 
+func cmdRestoreNoLock(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, dir string, snapshotID backend.ID) {
+	cmd := &CmdRestore{global: &global, Target: dir, NoLock: true}
+	OK(t, cmd.Execute([]string{snapshotID.String()}))
+}
+
 func cmdRestoreExcludes(t testing.TB, global GlobalOptions, dir string, snapshotID backend.ID, excludes []string) {
 	cmd := &CmdRestore{global: &global, Target: dir, Exclude: excludes}
 	OK(t, cmd.Execute([]string{snapshotID.String()}))
@@ -801,7 +812,7 @@ func TestOptimizeRemoveUnusedBlobs(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCheckRestoreNoLock(t *testing.T) {
 	withTestEnvironment(t, func(env *testEnvironment, global GlobalOptions) {
-		datafile := filepath.Join("testdata", "repo-restore-permissions-test.tar.gz")
+		datafile := filepath.Join("testdata", "small-repo.tar.gz")
 		SetupTarTestFixture(t, env.base, datafile)
 
 		err := filepath.Walk(env.repo, func(p string, fi os.FileInfo, e error) error {
@@ -813,5 +824,12 @@ func TestCheckRestoreNoLock(t *testing.T) {
 		OK(t, err)
 
 		cmdCheckNoLock(t, global)
+
+		snapshotIDs := cmdListNoLock(t, global, "snapshots")
+		if len(snapshotIDs) == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("found no snapshots")
+		}
+
+		cmdRestoreNoLock(t, global, filepath.Join(env.base, "restore"), snapshotIDs[0])
 	})
 }
diff --git a/cmd/restic/testdata/small-repo.tar.gz b/cmd/restic/testdata/small-repo.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83959f539
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