diff --git a/doc/source/transport.rst b/doc/source/transport.rst
index f914269d9..fc6a7cfb1 100644
--- a/doc/source/transport.rst
+++ b/doc/source/transport.rst
@@ -14,3 +14,17 @@ Transport
 .. autoclass:: TransportHost
 
 .. autofunction:: set_transport_defaults
+
+
+About fork oslo.messaging transport object
+------------------------------------------
+
+oslo.messaging can't ensure that forking a process that shares the same
+transport object is safe for the library consumer, because it relies on
+different 3rd party libraries that don't ensure that too, but in certain
+case/driver it works:
+
+* rabbit: works only if no connection have already been established.
+* qpid: doesn't work (qpid library have a global state that use fd
+  that can't be resetted)
+* amqp1: works
diff --git a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_qpid.py b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_qpid.py
index 28bde7ca9..25083c35c 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_qpid.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_qpid.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import functools
 import itertools
 import logging
+import os
 import random
 import time
 
@@ -490,6 +491,7 @@ class Connection(object):
         random.shuffle(self.brokers_params)
         self.brokers = itertools.cycle(self.brokers_params)
 
+        self._initial_pid = os.getpid()
         self.reconnect()
 
     def _connect(self, broker):
@@ -578,6 +580,21 @@ class Connection(object):
             LOG.debug("Re-established AMQP queues")
 
     def ensure(self, error_callback, method, retry=None):
+
+        current_pid = os.getpid()
+        if self._initial_pid != current_pid:
+            # NOTE(sileht):
+            # to get the same level of fork support that rabbit driver have
+            # (ie: allow fork before the first connection established)
+            # we could use the kombu workaround:
+            # https://github.com/celery/kombu/blob/master/kombu/transport/
+            # qpid_patches.py#L67
+            LOG.warn("Process forked! "
+                     "This can results to unpredictable behavior. "
+                     "See: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/"
+                     "oslo.messaging/transport.html")
+            self._initial_pid = current_pid
+
         while True:
             try:
                 return method()
diff --git a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
index 939a3cec2..2fda9b40c 100644
--- a/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo/messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import functools
 import itertools
 import logging
+import os
 import socket
 import ssl
 import time
@@ -472,6 +473,8 @@ class Connection(object):
                     hostname, port,
                     virtual_host)
 
+        self._initial_pid = os.getpid()
+
         self.do_consume = True
 
         self.channel = None
@@ -553,6 +556,14 @@ class Connection(object):
         retry = N means N retries
         """
 
+        current_pid = os.getpid()
+        if self._initial_pid != current_pid:
+            LOG.warn("Process forked after connection established! "
+                     "This can results to unpredictable behavior. "
+                     "See: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/"
+                     "oslo.messaging/transport.html")
+            self._initial_pid = current_pid
+
         if retry is None:
             retry = self.max_retries
         if retry is None or retry < 0: