diff --git a/doc/source/admin/rabbit.rst b/doc/source/admin/rabbit.rst
index 142bdf70e..9fee0d16c 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/rabbit.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/rabbit.rst
@@ -266,3 +266,4 @@ Security Options
 - :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_rabbit.ssl_key_file`
 - :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_rabbit.ssl_cert_file`
 - :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_rabbit.rabbit_login_method`
+- :oslo.config:option:`oslo_messaging_rabbit.ssl_enforce_fips_mode`
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
index 9d99822d5..aa66b68ec 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/_drivers/impl_rabbit.py
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ rabbit_opts = [
                deprecated_name='kombu_ssl_ca_certs',
                help='SSL certification authority file '
                     '(valid only if SSL enabled).'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('ssl_enforce_fips_mode',
+                default=False,
+                help='Global toggle for enforcing the OpenSSL FIPS mode. '
+                'This feature requires Python support. '
+                'This is available in Python 3.9 in all '
+                'environments and may have been backported to older '
+                'Python versions on select environments. If the Python '
+                'executable used does not support OpenSSL FIPS mode, '
+                'an exception will be raised.'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('heartbeat_in_pthread',
                 default=True,
                 help="Run the health check heartbeat thread "
@@ -490,6 +499,7 @@ class Connection(object):
         self.kombu_failover_strategy = driver_conf.kombu_failover_strategy
         self.kombu_compression = driver_conf.kombu_compression
         self.heartbeat_in_pthread = driver_conf.heartbeat_in_pthread
+        self.ssl_enforce_fips_mode = driver_conf.ssl_enforce_fips_mode
         self.enable_cancel_on_failover = driver_conf.enable_cancel_on_failover
 
         if self.heartbeat_in_pthread:
@@ -527,6 +537,19 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.ssl_cert_file = driver_conf.ssl_cert_file
             self.ssl_ca_file = driver_conf.ssl_ca_file
 
+            if self.ssl_enforce_fips_mode:
+                if hasattr(ssl, 'FIPS_mode'):
+                    LOG.info("Enforcing the use of the OpenSSL FIPS mode")
+                    ssl.FIPS_mode_set(1)
+                else:
+                    raise exceptions.ConfigurationError(
+                        "OpenSSL FIPS mode is not supported by your Python "
+                        "version. You must either change the Python "
+                        "executable used to a version with FIPS mode "
+                        "support or disable FIPS mode by setting the "
+                        "'[oslo_messaging_rabbit] ssl_enforce_fips_mode' "
+                        "configuration option to 'False'.")
+
         self._url = ''
         if url.hosts:
             if url.transport.startswith('kombu+'):
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/exceptions.py b/oslo_messaging/exceptions.py
index 48645b30b..391fe4689 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/exceptions.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/exceptions.py
@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ class MessageUndeliverable(Exception):
         self.exchange = exchange
         self.routing_key = routing_key
         self.message = message
+
+
+class ConfigurationError(Exception):
+    """Raised when messaging isn't configured correctly."""
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
index e035150e4..c2ffbc6ae 100644
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/drivers/test_impl_rabbit.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import oslo_messaging
 from oslo_messaging._drivers import amqpdriver
 from oslo_messaging._drivers import common as driver_common
 from oslo_messaging._drivers import impl_rabbit as rabbit_driver
+from oslo_messaging.exceptions import ConfigurationError
 from oslo_messaging.exceptions import MessageDeliveryFailure
 from oslo_messaging.tests import utils as test_utils
 from oslo_messaging.transport import DriverLoadFailure
@@ -205,6 +206,65 @@ class TestRabbitDriverLoadSSL(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
         )
 
 
+class TestRabbitDriverLoadSSLWithFIPS(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
+    scenarios = [
+        ('ssl_fips_mode', dict(options=dict(ssl=True,
+                                            ssl_enforce_fips_mode=True),
+                               expected=True)),
+    ]
+
+    @mock.patch('oslo_messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit.Connection'
+                '.ensure_connection')
+    @mock.patch('kombu.connection.Connection')
+    def test_driver_load_with_fips_supported(self,
+                                             connection_klass, fake_ensure):
+        self.config(ssl=True, ssl_enforce_fips_mode=True,
+                    group="oslo_messaging_rabbit")
+        transport = oslo_messaging.get_transport(self.conf,
+                                                 'kombu+memory:////')
+        self.addCleanup(transport.cleanup)
+
+        with mock.patch.object(ssl, 'FIPS_mode',
+                               create=True, return_value=True):
+            with mock.patch.object(ssl, 'FIPS_mode_set', create=True):
+
+                connection = transport._driver._get_connection()
+                connection_klass.assert_called_once_with(
+                    'memory:///', transport_options={
+                        'client_properties': {
+                            'capabilities': {
+                                'connection.blocked': True,
+                                'consumer_cancel_notify': True,
+                                'authentication_failure_close': True,
+                            },
+                            'connection_name': connection.name},
+                        'confirm_publish': True,
+                        'on_blocked': mock.ANY,
+                        'on_unblocked': mock.ANY},
+                    ssl=self.expected, login_method='AMQPLAIN',
+                    heartbeat=60, failover_strategy='round-robin'
+                )
+
+    @mock.patch('oslo_messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit.Connection'
+                '.ensure_connection')
+    @mock.patch('oslo_messaging._drivers.impl_rabbit.ssl')
+    @mock.patch('kombu.connection.Connection')
+    def test_fips_unsupported(self, connection_klass, fake_ssl, fake_ensure):
+        self.config(ssl=True, ssl_enforce_fips_mode=True,
+                    group="oslo_messaging_rabbit")
+        transport = oslo_messaging.get_transport(self.conf,
+                                                 'kombu+memory:////')
+        self.addCleanup(transport.cleanup)
+
+        del fake_ssl.FIPS_mode
+
+        # We do this test only if FIPS mode is not supported to
+        # ensure that we hard fail.
+        self.assertRaises(
+            ConfigurationError,
+            transport._driver._get_connection)
+
+
 class TestRabbitPublisher(test_utils.BaseTestCase):
     @mock.patch('kombu.messaging.Producer.publish')
     def test_send_with_timeout(self, fake_publish):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/enforce_fips_mode-07dd259eb8a73c2b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/enforce_fips_mode-07dd259eb8a73c2b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba6ac7fe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/enforce_fips_mode-07dd259eb8a73c2b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Adding a new option, ``[oslo_messaging_rabbit] ssl_enforce_fips_mode``, to
+    the rabbitmq driver to enforce the OpenSSL FIPS mode if supported by the
+    version of Python.
+security:
+  - |
+    We are now able to enforce the OpenSSL FIPS mode by using
+    ``[oslo_messaging_rabbit] ssl_enforce_fips_mode``.