gatchat/gattty.c |   26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gatchat/gattty.c b/gatchat/gattty.c
index ed0fadf..aa9d3a4 100644
--- a/gatchat/gattty.c
+++ b/gatchat/gattty.c
@@ -97,6 +97,19 @@ static gboolean set_baud(const char *baud, struct termios *ti)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+static gboolean set_read(value, &ti)
+{
+	if (g_str_equal(bits, "off"))
+		ti->c_cflag &= ~(CREAD);
+	else if (g_str_equal(bits, "on"))
+		ti->c_cflag |= CREAD;
+	else
+		return FALSE;
+
+	return TRUE;
+
+}
+
 static gboolean set_stop_bits(const char *bits, struct termios *ti)
 {
 	if (g_str_equal(bits, "1"))
@@ -186,6 +199,12 @@ static int open_device(const char *tty, GHashTable *options)
 	memset(&ti, 0, sizeof(ti));
 	cfmakeraw(&ti);
 
+	fd = open(tty, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	tcgetattr(fd,&ti);
+
 	if (options) {
 		GHashTableIter iter;
 		const char *key;
@@ -210,17 +229,14 @@ static int open_device(const char *tty, GHashTable *options)
 				ok = set_rtscts(value, &ti);
 			else if (g_str_equal(key, "local"))
 				ok = set_local(value, &ti);
+			else if (g_str_equal(key, "read"))
+				ok = set_read(value, &ti);
 
 			if (ok == FALSE)
 				return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	fd = open(tty, O_RDWR | O_NOCTTY | O_NONBLOCK);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return -1;
-
-	tcgetattr(fd,&ti);
 	tcflush(fd, TCIOFLUSH);
 	tcsetattr(fd, TCSANOW, &ti);