#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; { package MyRole; use Moo::Role; has +x => (is => 'ro'); } { package MyObj; use Moo; has x => (is => 'rw'); sub finalize { 'Moo::Role'->apply_roles_to_object($_[0], 'MyRole'); } } my $o = 'MyObj'->new; $o->x(12); $o->finalize; $o->x(13); # x is a read-only accessor