diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/router.ts
index b3450d788e..0abf23b81c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/router.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { reactive, h } from 'vue'
+import { reactive, h, isReadonly } from 'vue'
 import { parseURL, stringifyParsedURL, parseQuery, stringifyQuery, withoutBase, isEqual, joinURL } from 'ufo'
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { defineNuxtPlugin, clearError, navigateTo, showError, useRuntimeConfig, useState } from '..'
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin<{ route: Route, router: Router }>((nuxtApp) => {
   nuxtApp.hooks.hookOnce('app:created', async () => {
     router.beforeEach(async (to, from) => {
       to.meta = reactive(to.meta || {})
-      if (nuxtApp.isHydrating) {
-        to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value ?? to.meta.layout
+      if (nuxtApp.isHydrating && initialLayout.value && !isReadonly(to.meta.layout)) {
+        to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value
       }
       nuxtApp._processingMiddleware = true
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/router.ts
index f01ce3b0d2..989849a452 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/router.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { computed, reactive, shallowRef } from 'vue'
+import { computed, isReadonly, reactive, shallowRef } from 'vue'
 import type {
   NavigationGuard,
   RouteLocation
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   const initialLayout = useState('_layout')
   router.beforeEach(async (to, from) => {
     to.meta = reactive(to.meta)
-    if (nuxtApp.isHydrating) {
-      to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value ?? to.meta.layout
+    if (nuxtApp.isHydrating && initialLayout.value && !isReadonly(to.meta.layout)) {
+      to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value
     }
     nuxtApp._processingMiddleware = true
 
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 8752d1fc43..48bfd745e5 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -410,6 +410,16 @@ describe('layouts', () => {
     expect(html).toContain('Custom Layout:')
     await expectNoClientErrors('/with-dynamic-layout')
   })
+  it('should work with a computed layout', async () => {
+    const html = await $fetch('/with-computed-layout')
+
+    // Snapshot
+    // expect(html).toMatchInlineSnapshot()
+
+    expect(html).toContain('with-computed-layout')
+    expect(html).toContain('Custom Layout')
+    await expectNoClientErrors('/with-computed-layout')
+  })
   it('should allow passing custom props to a layout', async () => {
     const html = await $fetch('/layouts/with-props')
     expect(html).toContain('some prop was passed')
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/with-computed-layout.vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/with-computed-layout.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49382a05cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/with-computed-layout.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<script setup>
+definePageMeta({
+  layout: computed(() => 'custom')
+})
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <div>
+    <div>with-computed-layout.vue</div>
+  </div>
+</template>