diff --git a/src/spec-node/singleContainer.ts b/src/spec-node/singleContainer.ts
index 362559c2e..550b086d0 100644
--- a/src/spec-node/singleContainer.ts
+++ b/src/spec-node/singleContainer.ts
@@ -450,19 +450,22 @@ async function getPodmanArgs(params: DockerResolverParameters, config: DevContai
 	return [];
 }
 
-// Convert a --mount string (e.g., "type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,consistency=cached") to -v syntax for wslc.
-function convertMountToVolume(mountStr: string): string[] {
+// Convert a --mount string (e.g., "type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,consistency=cached,readonly")
+// to -v syntax for wslc. Options other than source/target/readonly are dropped.
+export function convertMountToVolume(mountStr: string): string[] {
 	const parts = new Map(mountStr.split(',').map(p => {
 		const eq = p.indexOf('=');
 		return eq === -1 ? [p, ''] : [p.substring(0, eq), p.substring(eq + 1)];
 	}));
 	const source = parts.get('source') || parts.get('src') || '';
 	const target = parts.get('target') || parts.get('dst') || parts.get('destination') || '';
+	const readonlyValue = parts.has('readonly') ? parts.get('readonly') : parts.get('ro');
+	const readonlySuffix = readonlyValue !== undefined && !/^(false|0)$/i.test(readonlyValue) ? ':ro' : '';
 	if (source && target) {
-		return ['-v', `${source}:${target}`];
+		return ['-v', `${source}:${target}${readonlySuffix}`];
 	}
 	if (target) {
-		return ['-v', target];
+		return ['-v', `${target}${readonlySuffix}`];
 	}
 	// Fallback: pass as --mount and let the runtime handle it.
 	return ['--mount', mountStr];
diff --git a/src/test/singleContainer.test.ts b/src/test/singleContainer.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..636d5bdf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/singleContainer.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { assert } from 'chai';
+import { convertMountToVolume } from '../spec-node/singleContainer';
+
+describe('convertMountToVolume (wslc -v syntax)', () => {
+
+	it('converts a bind mount with source and target', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b']);
+	});
+
+	it('preserves the readonly flag as :ro', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,readonly'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b:ro']);
+	});
+
+	it('preserves readonly=true as :ro', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,readonly=true'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b:ro']);
+	});
+
+	it('preserves the ro shorthand as :ro', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,ro'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b:ro']);
+	});
+
+	it('ignores readonly=false', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,readonly=false'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b']);
+	});
+
+	it('drops the consistency option', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=/a,target=/b,consistency=cached'),
+			['-v', '/a:/b']);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a named volume mount', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=volume,source=vol,target=/b,readonly'),
+			['-v', 'vol:/b:ro']);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a Windows source path with a readonly flag', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=bind,source=C:\\some\\folder,target=/b,readonly'),
+			['-v', 'C:\\some\\folder:/b:ro']);
+	});
+
+	it('converts a target-only mount to an anonymous volume', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=volume,target=/b'),
+			['-v', '/b']);
+	});
+
+	it('falls back to --mount when no target is present', () => {
+		assert.deepEqual(
+			convertMountToVolume('type=tmpfs'),
+			['--mount', 'type=tmpfs']);
+	});
+});