diff --git a/glanceclient/common/utils.py b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
index c3f08de8..e131bd97 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ def schema_args(schema_getter, omit=None):
             for name, property in properties.items():
                 if name in omit:
                     continue
+                if property.get('readOnly', False):
+                    continue
                 param = '--' + name.replace('_', '-')
                 kwargs = {}
 
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 46cefbf6..db08a1c8 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -191,12 +191,17 @@ class TestUtils(testtools.TestCase):
         def schema_getter(_type='string', enum=False):
             prop = {
                 'type': ['null', _type],
-                'readOnly': True,
                 'description': 'Test schema',
             }
+            prop_readonly = {
+                'type': ['null', _type],
+                'readOnly': True,
+                'description': 'Test schema read-only',
+            }
 
             if enum:
                 prop['enum'] = [None, 'opt-1', 'opt-2']
+                prop_readonly['enum'] = [None, 'opt-ro-1', 'opt-ro-2']
 
             def actual_getter():
                 return {
@@ -205,6 +210,7 @@ class TestUtils(testtools.TestCase):
                     'name': 'test_schema',
                     'properties': {
                         'test': prop,
+                        'readonly-test': prop_readonly,
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -214,6 +220,7 @@ class TestUtils(testtools.TestCase):
             pass
 
         decorated = utils.schema_args(schema_getter())(dummy_func)
+        self.assertEqual(len(decorated.__dict__['arguments']), 1)
         arg, opts = decorated.__dict__['arguments'][0]
         self.assertIn('--test', arg)
         self.assertEqual(encodeutils.safe_decode, opts['type'])
diff --git a/glanceclient/v2/shell.py b/glanceclient/v2/shell.py
index 773c1986..93a93776 100644
--- a/glanceclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/glanceclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ def get_image_schema():
     return IMAGE_SCHEMA
 
 
-@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['created_at', 'updated_at', 'file',
-                                           'checksum', 'virtual_size', 'size',
-                                           'status', 'schema', 'direct_url',
-                                           'locations', 'self', 'os_hidden',
-                                           'os_hash_value', 'os_hash_algo'])
+@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['locations', 'os_hidden'])
 # NOTE(rosmaita): to make this option more intuitive for end users, we
 # do not use the Glance image property name 'os_hidden' here.  This means
 # we must include 'os_hidden' in the 'omit' list above and handle the
@@ -118,11 +114,7 @@ def do_image_create(gc, args):
         utils.print_image(image)
 
 
-@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['created_at', 'updated_at', 'file',
-                                           'checksum', 'virtual_size', 'size',
-                                           'status', 'schema', 'direct_url',
-                                           'locations', 'self', 'os_hidden',
-                                           'os_hash_value', 'os_hash_algo'])
+@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['locations', 'os_hidden'])
 # NOTE: --hidden requires special handling; see note at do_image_create
 @utils.arg('--hidden', type=strutils.bool_from_string, metavar='[True|False]',
            default=None,
@@ -354,12 +346,8 @@ def _validate_backend(backend, gc):
 
 
 @utils.arg('id', metavar='<IMAGE_ID>', help=_('ID of image to update.'))
-@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['id', 'locations', 'created_at',
-                                           'updated_at', 'file', 'checksum',
-                                           'virtual_size', 'size', 'status',
-                                           'schema', 'direct_url', 'tags',
-                                           'self', 'os_hidden',
-                                           'os_hash_value', 'os_hash_algo'])
+@utils.schema_args(get_image_schema, omit=['id', 'locations', 'tags',
+                                           'os_hidden'])
 # NOTE: --hidden requires special handling; see note at do_image_create
 @utils.arg('--hidden', type=strutils.bool_from_string, metavar='[True|False]',
            default=None,
@@ -1105,8 +1093,7 @@ def do_md_namespace_import(gc, args):
 @utils.schema_args(get_namespace_schema, omit=['property_count', 'properties',
                                                'tag_count', 'tags',
                                                'object_count', 'objects',
-                                               'resource_type_associations',
-                                               'schema'])
+                                               'resource_type_associations'])
 def do_md_namespace_update(gc, args):
     """Update an existing metadata definitions namespace."""
     schema = gc.schemas.get('metadefs/namespace')