diff --git a/murano/common/server.py b/murano/common/server.py
index 2dce6618..88013733 100644
--- a/murano/common/server.py
+++ b/murano/common/server.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ class NotificationService(Service):
     def start(self):
         endpoints = [report_notification, track_instance, untrack_instance]
 
-        transport = messaging.get_transport(CONF)
+        transport = messaging.get_notification_transport(CONF)
         s_target = target.Target(topic='murano', server=str(uuid.uuid4()))
 
         self.server = messaging.get_notification_listener(
diff --git a/murano/engine/system/status_reporter.py b/murano/engine/system/status_reporter.py
index b7e32d61..cd52cfbd 100644
--- a/murano/engine/system/status_reporter.py
+++ b/murano/engine/system/status_reporter.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class StatusReporter(object):
 
     def __init__(self, environment):
         if StatusReporter.transport is None:
-            StatusReporter.transport = messaging.get_transport(CONF)
+            StatusReporter.transport = messaging.get_notification_transport(
+                CONF)
         self._notifier = messaging.Notifier(
             StatusReporter.transport,
             publisher_id=uuidutils.generate_uuid(),
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-0c84a5085c25f6e7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-0c84a5085c25f6e7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4c67926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/configure-notifications-0c84a5085c25f6e7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+features:
+  - It is now possible to configure the notifications to use a different
+    transport URL than the RPCs. These could potentially be completely
+    different message broker hosts (though they doesn't need to be). If the
+    notification-specific configuration is not provided, the notifier will use
+    the same transport as the RPCs.
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