diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.c b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.c
index 7cbe1caa75ce39ae5e29ce49884eeb259fb579c2..8fd7e4fab6b30f3abfa564b18493b146edb175a5 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.c
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ struct _GcalEventPopover
 
   GcalContext        *context;
   GcalEvent          *event;
+
+  /* flags */
+  gboolean            writable;
 };
 
 static void          on_join_meeting_cb                          (GcalMeetingRow     *meeting_row,
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ enum
   PROP_0,
   PROP_CONTEXT,
   PROP_EVENT,
+  PROP_WRITABLE,
   N_PROPS
 };
 
@@ -495,9 +499,21 @@ set_event_internal (GcalEventPopover *self,
   update_placeholder_label (self);
   update_date_time_label (self);
 
-  gtk_widget_grab_focus (self->edit_button);
+  if (self->writable)
+    gtk_widget_grab_focus (self->edit_button);
 }
 
+static void
+set_writable (GcalEventPopover *self,
+              gboolean          writable)
+{
+  if (self->writable == writable)
+    return;
+
+  self->writable = writable;
+
+  g_object_notify_by_pspec (G_OBJECT (self), properties[PROP_WRITABLE]);
+}
 
 /*
  * Callbacks
@@ -574,7 +590,7 @@ gcal_event_popover_map (GtkWidget *widget)
 
   if (first_meeting_row)
     gtk_widget_grab_focus (GTK_WIDGET (first_meeting_row));
-  else
+  else if (self->writable)
     gtk_widget_grab_focus (self->edit_button);
 }
 
@@ -612,6 +628,10 @@ gcal_event_popover_get_property (GObject    *object,
       g_value_set_object (value, self->event);
       break;
 
+    case PROP_WRITABLE:
+      g_value_set_boolean (value, self->writable);
+      break;
+
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
     }
@@ -642,6 +662,10 @@ gcal_event_popover_set_property (GObject      *object,
       set_event_internal (self, g_value_get_object (value));
       break;
 
+    case PROP_WRITABLE:
+      set_writable (self, g_value_get_boolean (value));
+      break;
+
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
     }
@@ -680,6 +704,17 @@ gcal_event_popover_class_init (GcalEventPopoverClass *klass)
                                                 GCAL_TYPE_EVENT,
                                                 G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY);
 
+  /**
+   * GcalEventPopover::writable:
+   *
+   * Whether the current event can be edited or not.
+   */
+  properties[PROP_WRITABLE] = g_param_spec_boolean ("writable",
+                                                    "Whether the current event can be edited",
+                                                    "Whether the current event can be edited or not",
+                                                    TRUE,
+                                                    G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_EXPLICIT_NOTIFY | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS);
+
   g_object_class_install_properties (object_class, N_PROPS, properties);
 
   signals[EDIT] = g_signal_new ("edit",
@@ -708,6 +743,8 @@ gcal_event_popover_class_init (GcalEventPopoverClass *klass)
 static void
 gcal_event_popover_init (GcalEventPopover *self)
 {
+  self->writable = TRUE;
+
   gtk_widget_init_template (GTK_WIDGET (self));
 
   if (gtk_widget_get_direction (GTK_WIDGET (self)) == GTK_TEXT_DIR_RTL)
@@ -718,10 +755,12 @@ gcal_event_popover_init (GcalEventPopover *self)
 
 GtkWidget*
 gcal_event_popover_new (GcalContext *context,
-                        GcalEvent   *event)
+                        GcalEvent   *event,
+                        gboolean     writable)
 {
   return g_object_new (GCAL_TYPE_EVENT_POPOVER,
                        "context", context,
                        "event", event,
+                       "writable", writable,
                        NULL);
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.h b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.h
index 03f3bc7ea8bd66fdce6f43a8fc89acbe6c35ed76..f4f09a2aa36709f0fb4529d2adb343ce3a76dd31 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.h
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
 G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (GcalEventPopover, gcal_event_popover, GCAL, EVENT_POPOVER, GtkPopover)
 
 GtkWidget*           gcal_event_popover_new                      (GcalContext        *context,
-                                                                  GcalEvent          *event);
+                                                                  GcalEvent          *event,
+                                                                  gboolean            writable);
 
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.ui b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.ui
index 8259d0288b1c8aedcbf72360badb7934e0723a69..85b83bfd96d4b99c4c6bae5bf3537ee5025861c6 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.ui
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-popover.ui
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
             <property name="margin-start">12</property>
             <property name="margin-end">12</property>
             <property name="label" translatable="yes">Edit…</property>
+            <property name="sensitive" bind-source="GcalEventPopover" bind-property="writable" bind-flags="default" />
             <signal name="clicked" handler="on_edit_button_clicked_cb" object="GcalEventPopover" swapped="no" />
           </object>
         </child>
diff --git a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.c b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.c
index bc7863c2e4b33600a46aef967b5e1fa741da6e4d..00753d9e5c8c160f7a5565d97f9eb0f7d5f4e683 100644
--- a/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.c
+++ b/src/gui/gcal-event-widget.c
@@ -959,20 +959,26 @@ gcal_event_widget_show_preview (GcalEventWidget          *self,
                                 GcalEventPreviewCallback  callback,
                                 gpointer                  user_data)
 {
+  GcalCalendar *calendar;
   PreviewData *data;
   GtkWidget *event_popover;
 
   GCAL_ENTRY;
 
+  calendar = gcal_event_get_calendar (self->event);
+
   data = g_new0 (PreviewData, 1);
   data->event_widget = self;
   data->callback = callback;
   data->user_data = user_data;
 
-  event_popover = gcal_event_popover_new (self->context, self->event);
+  event_popover = gcal_event_popover_new (self->context, self->event, !gcal_calendar_is_read_only (calendar));
   gtk_widget_set_parent (event_popover, GTK_WIDGET (self));
   g_signal_connect (event_popover, "closed", G_CALLBACK (on_event_popover_closed_cb), data);
-  g_signal_connect (event_popover, "edit", G_CALLBACK (on_event_popover_edit_cb), data);
+
+  if (!gcal_calendar_is_read_only (calendar))
+    g_signal_connect (event_popover, "edit", G_CALLBACK (on_event_popover_edit_cb), data);
+
   gtk_popover_popup (GTK_POPOVER (event_popover));
 
   GCAL_EXIT;