diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Persistence.Tests/Journal/MemoryEventAdaptersSpec.cs b/src/core/Akka.Persistence.Tests/Journal/MemoryEventAdaptersSpec.cs
index 22cbf9508f7..fcc3bb996fd 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Persistence.Tests/Journal/MemoryEventAdaptersSpec.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Persistence.Tests/Journal/MemoryEventAdaptersSpec.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public MemoryEventAdaptersSpec()
       """ + typeof (ReadMeEvent).FullName + @", Akka.Persistence.Tests"" = reader
       """ + typeof (WriteMeEvent).FullName + @", Akka.Persistence.Tests"" = writer
       """ + typeof(ReadMeTwiceEvent).FullName + @", Akka.Persistence.Tests"" = [reader, another-reader]
+      """ + typeof(ReadWriteEvent).FullName + @", Akka.Persistence.Tests"" = [reader, another-reader, writer]
     }
   }
 }").WithFallback(ConfigurationFactory.Default());
@@ -130,6 +131,19 @@ public void EventAdapters_should_allow_combining_only_the_readside_CombinedReadE
                 .Should()
                 .BeEquivalentTo("from-ReadMeTwiceEvent()", "again-ReadMeTwiceEvent()");
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void EventAdapters_should_allow_read_write_ReadWriteEventAdapter()
+        {
+            var adapters = EventAdapters.Create(_extendedActorSystem, _memoryConfig);
+
+            var readWriteAdapter = adapters.Get<ReadWriteEvent>();
+            var events = readWriteAdapter.FromJournal(readWriteAdapter.ToJournal(new ReadWriteEvent()), "").Events
+                .Select(c => c.ToString())
+                .Should()
+                .BeEquivalentTo("from-to-ReadWriteEvent()", "again-to-ReadWriteEvent()");
+        }
+
     }
 
     public abstract class BaseTestAdapter : IEventAdapter
@@ -170,6 +184,14 @@ public override string ToString()
         }
     }
 
+    public class ReadWriteEvent
+    {
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return "ReadWriteEvent()";
+        }
+    }
+
     public class ReaderAdapter : IReadEventAdapter
     {
         public IEventSequence FromJournal(object evt, string manifest)
diff --git a/src/core/Akka.Persistence/Journal/EventAdapters.cs b/src/core/Akka.Persistence/Journal/EventAdapters.cs
index b17cfc42728..0d544d8b10c 100644
--- a/src/core/Akka.Persistence/Journal/EventAdapters.cs
+++ b/src/core/Akka.Persistence/Journal/EventAdapters.cs
@@ -230,6 +230,34 @@ public IEventSequence FromJournal(object evt, string manifest)
         }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
+    internal class ReadWriteEventAdapter : IEventAdapter
+    {
+        private readonly IWriteEventAdapter _writeEventAdapter;
+        private readonly IReadEventAdapter _readEventAdapter;
+
+        public ReadWriteEventAdapter(IReadEventAdapter readEventAdapter, IWriteEventAdapter writeEventAdapter)
+        {
+            _readEventAdapter = readEventAdapter;
+            _writeEventAdapter = writeEventAdapter;
+        }
+
+        public string Manifest(object evt)
+        {
+            return _writeEventAdapter.Manifest(evt);
+        }
+
+        public object ToJournal(object evt)
+        {
+            return _writeEventAdapter.ToJournal(evt);
+        }
+
+        public IEventSequence FromJournal(object evt, string manifest)
+        {
+            return _readEventAdapter.FromJournal(evt, manifest);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// TBD
     /// </summary>
@@ -302,7 +330,7 @@ private static EventAdapters Create(ExtendedActorSystem system, IDictionary<stri
                 var type = Type.GetType(kv.Key);
                 var adapter = kv.Value.Length == 1
                     ? handlers[kv.Value[0]]
-                    : new NoopWriteEventAdapter(new CombinedReadEventAdapter(kv.Value.Select(h => handlers[h])));
+                    : CombineAdapters(kv.Value.Select(h => handlers[h]));
                 return new KeyValuePair<Type, IEventAdapter>(type, adapter);
             }).ToList());
 
@@ -332,6 +360,16 @@ private static List<KeyValuePair<Type, IEventAdapter>> Sort(List<KeyValuePair<Ty
             });
         }
 
+        private static IEventAdapter CombineAdapters(IEnumerable<IEventAdapter> adapters)
+        {
+            var writeAdapters = adapters.Where(a => a is NoopReadEventAdapter);
+            if (writeAdapters.Count() == 0)
+                return new NoopWriteEventAdapter(new CombinedReadEventAdapter(adapters));
+            else if (writeAdapters.Count() == 1)
+                return new ReadWriteEventAdapter(new CombinedReadEventAdapter(adapters.Where(a => a is NoopWriteEventAdapter)), writeAdapters.First());
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot have multiple write adapters for a single adapter binding");
+        }
+
         private static int IndexWhere<T>(IList<T> list, Predicate<T> predicate)
         {
             for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)