diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/templates/deployment.yaml b/bitnami/memcached/templates/deployment.yaml
index ddcd9512dc..d450e01225 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ spec:
           {{- if .Values.resources }}
           resources: {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.securityContext.enabled }}
+          securityContext:
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ .Values.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem }}
+          {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.metrics.enabled }}
         - name: metrics
           image: {{ template "memcached.metrics.image" . }}
diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml b/bitnami/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
index 317a4e9643..19f76e0fd3 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/templates/statefulset.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ spec:
           {{- if .Values.resources }}
           resources: {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
+          {{- if .Values.securityContext.enabled }}
+          securityContext:
+            readOnlyRootFilesystem: {{ .Values.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem }}
+          {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.persistence.enabled }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: pv-data
diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/values-production.yaml b/bitnami/memcached/values-production.yaml
index 4b0ab2ac62..3df2631047 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/values-production.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/values-production.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ securityContext:
   enabled: true
   fsGroup: 1001
   runAsUser: 1001
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
 
 ## Pod annotations
 ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/
diff --git a/bitnami/memcached/values.yaml b/bitnami/memcached/values.yaml
index 02382fc99e..9744105a79 100644
--- a/bitnami/memcached/values.yaml
+++ b/bitnami/memcached/values.yaml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ securityContext:
   enabled: true
   fsGroup: 1001
   runAsUser: 1001
+  readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
 
 ## Pod annotations
 ## ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/