diff --git a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashControlRegisterFields.hpp b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashControlRegisterFields.hpp
index 8eb27cdb..a0be4703 100644
--- a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashControlRegisterFields.hpp
+++ b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashControlRegisterFields.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "src/Targets/TargetBitFieldDescriptor.hpp"
-#include "src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/TargetDescriptionFile.hpp"
 
 namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch::Peripherals::Flash
 {
diff --git a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashOptionByteRegisterFields.hpp b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashOptionByteRegisterFields.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5754939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashOptionByteRegisterFields.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "src/Targets/TargetBitFieldDescriptor.hpp"
+
+namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch::Peripherals::Flash
+{
+    struct FlashOptionByteRegisterFields
+    {
+        const TargetBitFieldDescriptor& readProtected;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashStatusRegisterFields.hpp b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashStatusRegisterFields.hpp
index 07d6c1fb..b565b1c1 100644
--- a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashStatusRegisterFields.hpp
+++ b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/Peripherals/Flash/FlashStatusRegisterFields.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "src/Targets/TargetBitFieldDescriptor.hpp"
-#include "src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/TargetDescriptionFile.hpp"
 
 namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch::Peripherals::Flash
 {
diff --git a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.cpp b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.cpp
index 61b5095a..98e7789c 100644
--- a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.cpp
+++ b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "src/Services/StringService.hpp"
 #include "src/Logger/Logger.hpp"
+#include "src/TargetController/Exceptions/TargetFailure.hpp"
 #include "src/TargetController/Exceptions/TargetOperationFailure.hpp"
 
 namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
         , flashBootKeyRegisterDescriptor(this->flashPeripheralDescriptor.getRegisterDescriptor("flash", "boot_modekeyr"))
         , flashStatusRegisterDescriptor(this->flashPeripheralDescriptor.getRegisterDescriptor("flash", "statr"))
         , flashControlRegisterDescriptor(this->flashPeripheralDescriptor.getRegisterDescriptor("flash", "ctrl"))
+        , flashOptionByteRegisterDescriptor(this->flashPeripheralDescriptor.getRegisterDescriptor("flash", "obr"))
         , flashControlRegisterFields(
             Peripherals::Flash::FlashControlRegisterFields{
                 .locked = this->flashControlRegisterDescriptor.getBitFieldDescriptor("lock"),
@@ -55,6 +57,11 @@ namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
                 .bootMode = this->flashStatusRegisterDescriptor.getBitFieldDescriptor("boot_mode"),
             }
         )
+        , flashOptionByteRegisterFields(
+            Peripherals::Flash::FlashOptionByteRegisterFields{
+                .readProtected = this->flashOptionByteRegisterDescriptor.getBitFieldDescriptor("rdprt"),
+            }
+        )
         , rccPeripheralDescriptor(this->targetDescriptionFile.getTargetPeripheralDescriptor("rcc"))
         , portPeripheralClockEnableRegisterDescriptor(
             this->rccPeripheralDescriptor.getRegisterDescriptor("rcc", "apb2pcenr")
@@ -121,6 +128,11 @@ namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
         }
 
         this->variant = *(variantIt->second);
+
+        const auto optionByteValue = this->readRegisterDynamicValue(this->flashOptionByteRegisterDescriptor);
+        if (optionByteValue.bitFieldAs<bool>(this->flashOptionByteRegisterFields.readProtected)) {
+            throw Exceptions::TargetFailure{"Program memory is currently \"read-protected\""};
+        }
     }
 
     void WchRiscV::postActivate() {
diff --git a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.hpp b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.hpp
index 584f647d..6d2ee167 100644
--- a/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.hpp
+++ b/src/Targets/RiscV/Wch/WchRiscV.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "GpioPadDescriptor.hpp"
 #include "Peripherals/Flash/FlashControlRegisterFields.hpp"
 #include "Peripherals/Flash/FlashStatusRegisterFields.hpp"
+#include "Peripherals/Flash/FlashOptionByteRegisterFields.hpp"
 
 namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
 {
@@ -106,9 +107,11 @@ namespace Targets::RiscV::Wch
         const TargetRegisterDescriptor& flashBootKeyRegisterDescriptor;
         const TargetRegisterDescriptor& flashStatusRegisterDescriptor;
         const TargetRegisterDescriptor& flashControlRegisterDescriptor;
+        const TargetRegisterDescriptor& flashOptionByteRegisterDescriptor;
 
         const Peripherals::Flash::FlashControlRegisterFields flashControlRegisterFields;
         const Peripherals::Flash::FlashStatusRegisterFields flashStatusRegisterFields;
+        const Peripherals::Flash::FlashOptionByteRegisterFields flashOptionByteRegisterFields;
 
         const TargetPeripheralDescriptor rccPeripheralDescriptor;
         const TargetRegisterDescriptor& portPeripheralClockEnableRegisterDescriptor;