diff --git a/nova/cmd/compute.py b/nova/cmd/compute.py
index 5f4f83694f..9007d4b79b 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/compute.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/compute.py
@@ -61,5 +61,6 @@ def main():
     objects.Service.enable_min_version_cache()
     server = service.Service.create(binary='nova-compute',
                                     topic=compute_rpcapi.RPC_TOPIC)
-    service.serve(server)
+    # Compute service should never fork worker processes
+    service.serve(server, workers=1, no_fork=True)
     service.wait()
diff --git a/nova/service.py b/nova/service.py
index 50c353cef8..b307fb18d9 100644
--- a/nova/service.py
+++ b/nova/service.py
@@ -322,13 +322,13 @@ class Service(service.Service):
 _launcher = None
 
 
-def serve(server, workers=None):
+def serve(server, workers=None, no_fork=False):
     global _launcher
     if _launcher:
         raise RuntimeError(_('serve() can only be called once'))
 
     _launcher = service.launch(CONF, server, workers=workers,
-                               restart_method='mutate')
+                               restart_method='mutate', no_fork=no_fork)
 
 
 def wait():
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_service.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_service.py
index 6a6a708010..0a7aed2458 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_service.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_service.py
@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ class TestLauncher(test.NoDBTestCase):
         mock_launch.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY,
                                             mock.sentinel.service,
                                             workers=None,
-                                            restart_method='mutate')
+                                            restart_method='mutate',
+                                            no_fork=False)
 
     @mock.patch.object(_service, 'launch')
     def test_launch_app_with_workers(self, mock_launch):
@@ -333,7 +334,19 @@ class TestLauncher(test.NoDBTestCase):
         mock_launch.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY,
                                             mock.sentinel.service,
                                             workers=mock.sentinel.workers,
-                                            restart_method='mutate')
+                                            restart_method='mutate',
+                                            no_fork=False)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(_service, 'launch')
+    def test_launch_app_with_workers_no_fork(self, mock_launch):
+        service._launcher = None
+        service.serve(
+            mock.sentinel.service, workers=mock.sentinel.workers, no_fork=True)
+        mock_launch.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY,
+                                            mock.sentinel.service,
+                                            workers=mock.sentinel.workers,
+                                            restart_method='mutate',
+                                            no_fork=True)
 
     @mock.patch.object(_service, 'launch')
     def test_launch_app_more_than_once_raises(self, mock_launch):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d5ea240636..fe3f6ca99a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ oslo.messaging>=14.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.policy>=4.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.privsep>=2.6.2 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.i18n>=5.1.0 # Apache-2.0
-oslo.service[threading]>=4.2.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.service[threading]>=4.4.1 # Apache-2.0
 rfc3986>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslo.middleware>=3.31.0 # Apache-2.0
 psutil>=3.2.2 # BSD