diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 399a44b7..6b721503 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -62,22 +62,23 @@ cinder_galera_database: cinder
 cinder_galera_use_ssl: "{{ galera_use_ssl | default(False) }}"
 cinder_galera_ssl_ca_cert: "{{ galera_ssl_ca_cert | default('/etc/ssl/certs/galera-ca.pem') }}"
 
-## RabbitMQ info
+## Oslo Messaging
 
-## Configuration for RPC communications
-cinder_rabbitmq_userid: cinder
-cinder_rabbitmq_vhost: /cinder
-cinder_rabbitmq_port: 5672
-cinder_rabbitmq_servers: 127.0.0.1
-cinder_rabbitmq_use_ssl: False
+# RPC
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_transport: rabbit
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_servers: 127.0.0.1
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_port: 5672
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl: False
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_userid: cinder
+cinder_oslomsg_rpc_vhost: /cinder
 
-## Configuration for notifications communication, i.e. [oslo_messaging_notifications]
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_userid }}"
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_password: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_password }}"
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_vhost }}"
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_port: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_port }}"
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_servers }}"
-cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl: "{{ cinder_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}"
+# Notify
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_transport: rabbit
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_servers: 127.0.0.1
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_port: 5672
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl: False
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_userid: cinder
+cinder_oslomsg_notify_vhost: /cinder
 
 ## Cinder User / Group
 cinder_system_user_name: cinder
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-06a1b30ffb228f22.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-06a1b30ffb228f22.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec1e2f76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/oslo-messaging-separate-backends-06a1b30ffb228f22.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Support separate oslo.messaging services for RPC and Notifications
+    to enable operation of separate and different messaging backend servers.
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    The rabbitmq server parameters have been replaced by corresponding
+    oslo.messaging RPC and Notify parameters in order to abstract the
+    messaging service from the actual backend server deployment.
+    - cinder_oslomsg_rpc_servers replaces cinder_rabbitmq_servers
+    - cinder_oslomsg_rpc_port replaces cinder_rabbitmq_port
+    - cinder_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl replaces cinder_rabbitmq_use_ssl
+    - cinder_oslomsg_rpc_userid replaces cinder_rabbitmq_userid
+    - cinder_oslomsg_rpc_vhost replaces cinder_rabbitmq_vhost
+    - cinder_oslomsg_notify_servers replaces cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers
+    - cinder_oslomsg_notify_port replaces cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_port
+    - cinder_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl replaces cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_use_ssl
+    - cinder_oslomsg_notify_userid replaces cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid
+    - cinder_oslomsg_notify_vhost replaces cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost
diff --git a/templates/cinder.conf.j2 b/templates/cinder.conf.j2
index 776c64ec..0dc27fc8 100644
--- a/templates/cinder.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/cinder.conf.j2
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ backup_ceph_pool = {{ cinder_service_backup_ceph_pool }}
 executor_thread_pool_size = {{ cinder_rpc_executor_thread_pool_size }}
 rpc_response_timeout = {{ cinder_rpc_response_timeout }}
 
-transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in cinder_rabbitmq_servers.split(',') %}{{ cinder_rabbitmq_userid }}:{{ cinder_rabbitmq_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ cinder_rabbitmq_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ cinder_rabbitmq_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+transport_url = {{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_transport }}://{% for host in cinder_oslomsg_rpc_servers.split(',') %}{{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_userid }}:{{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_vhost }}{% if cinder_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl | bool %}?ssl=1{% else %}?ssl=0{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 
 ## Quota
 quota_volumes = {{ cinder_quota_volumes }}
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ enabled_backends={% for backend in cinder_backends|dictsort %}{{ backend.0 }}{%
 connection = mysql+pymysql://{{ cinder_galera_user }}:{{ cinder_container_mysql_password }}@{{ cinder_galera_address }}/{{ cinder_galera_database }}?charset=utf8{% if cinder_galera_use_ssl | bool %}&ssl_ca={{ cinder_galera_ssl_ca_cert }}{% endif %}
 
 [oslo_messaging_rabbit]
-ssl = {{ cinder_rabbitmq_use_ssl }}
+ssl = {{ cinder_oslomsg_rpc_use_ssl }}
 
 {% if cinder_ceilometer_enabled %}
 [oslo_messaging_notifications]
 driver = messagingv2
-transport_url = rabbit://{% for host in cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_servers.split(',') %}{{ cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_userid }}:{{ cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ cinder_rabbitmq_telemetry_vhost }}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+transport_url = {{ cinder_oslomsg_notify_transport }}://{% for host in cinder_oslomsg_notify_servers.split(',') %}{{ cinder_oslomsg_notify_userid }}:{{ cinder_oslomsg_notify_password }}@{{ host }}:{{ cinder_oslomsg_notify_port }}{% if not loop.last %},{% else %}/{{ cinder_oslomsg_notify_vhost }}{% if cinder_oslomsg_notify_use_ssl | bool %}?ssl=1{% else %}?ssl=0{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 
 [oslo_concurrency]
diff --git a/tests/inventory b/tests/inventory
index 93ed5a0e..89ab86f1 100644
--- a/tests/inventory
+++ b/tests/inventory
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ infra1
 keystone
 cinder
 
+[oslomsg_rpc_all]
+infra1
+
+[oslomsg_notify_all]
+infra1
+
 [rabbitmq_all]
 infra1