diff --git a/code/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.php b/code/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.php
index 0ea7d87c..3e4a63ea 100644
--- a/code/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.php
+++ b/code/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.php
@@ -133,4 +133,27 @@ class SiteTreeURLSegmentField extends TextField {
 		return Controller::join_links($this->getURLPrefix(), $this->Value(), $this->getURLSuffix());
 	}
 
+	public function performReadonlyTransformation() {
+		$newInst = parent::performReadonlyTransformation();
+		$newInst->helpText = $this->helpText;
+		$newInst->urlPrefix = $this->urlPrefix;
+		$newInst->urlSuffix = $this->urlSuffix;
+		$newInst->defaultUrl = $this->defaultUrl;
+		return $newInst;
+	}
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Readonly version of a site tree URL segment field
+ *
+ * @package forms
+ * @subpackage fields-basic
+ */
+class SiteTreeURLSegmentField_Readonly extends SiteTreeURLSegmentField {
+	protected $readonly = true;
+
+	public function performReadonlyTransformation() {
+		return clone $this;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/templates/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.ss b/templates/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.ss
index 57effe1f..c7fbfce9 100644
--- a/templates/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.ss
+++ b/templates/forms/SiteTreeURLSegmentField.ss
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 	<a class="preview" href="$URL" target="_blank">
 		$URL
 	</a>
-	<button type="button" class="ss-ui-button ss-ui-button-small edit">
-		<% _t('URLSegmentField.Edit', 'Edit') %>
-	</button>
+	<% if not $IsReadonly %>
+		<button type="button" class="ss-ui-button ss-ui-button-small edit">
+			<% _t('URLSegmentField.Edit', 'Edit') %>
+		</button>
+	<% end_if %>
 </div>
 <div class="edit-holder">
 	<input $AttributesHTML />