diff --git a/portas/bin/portas-api b/portas/bin/portas-api
index 103269b..bcf7b31 100755
--- a/portas/bin/portas-api
+++ b/portas/bin/portas-api
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import sys
 
 # If ../portas/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
 # it will override what happens to be installed in /usr/(local/)lib/python...
+from portas.common.service import TaskResultHandlerService
 
 possible_topdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]),
                                                 os.pardir,
@@ -40,11 +41,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         config.parse_args()
         log.setup('portas')
 
+        launcher = service.ServiceLauncher()
+
         api_service = wsgi.Service(config.load_paste_app(),
                                    port=config.CONF.bind_port,
                                    host=config.CONF.bind_host)
-        launcher = service.Launcher()
-        launcher.run_service(api_service)
+
+        launcher.launch_service(api_service)
+        launcher.launch_service(TaskResultHandlerService())
+        launcher.wait()
     except RuntimeError, e:
         sys.stderr.write("ERROR: %s\n" % e)
         sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/portas/etc/portas-api.conf b/portas/etc/portas-api.conf
index fc991f2..e494aaa 100644
--- a/portas/etc/portas-api.conf
+++ b/portas/etc/portas-api.conf
@@ -16,4 +16,19 @@ bind_port = 8082
 log_file = /tmp/portas-api.log
 
 #A valid SQLAlchemy connection string for the metadata database
-sql_connection = sqlite:///portas.sqlite
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+sql_connection = sqlite:///portas.sqlite
+
+[reports]
+results_exchange = task-results
+results_queue = task-results
+reports_exchange = task-reports
+reports_queue = task-reports
+
+
+[rabbitmq]
+host = localhost
+port = 5672
+use_ssl = false
+userid = guest
+password = guest
+virtual_host = /
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diff --git a/portas/portas/common/config.py b/portas/portas/common/config.py
index cae0d3c..c0ea7d0 100644
--- a/portas/portas/common/config.py
+++ b/portas/portas/common/config.py
@@ -41,9 +41,28 @@ bind_opts = [
     cfg.IntOpt('bind_port'),
 ]
 
+reports_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('results_exchange', default='task-results'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('results_queue', default='task-results'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('reports_exchange', default='task-reports'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('reports_queue', default='task-reports')
+]
+
+rabbit_opts = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('host', default='localhost'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('port', default=5672),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('use_ssl', default=False),
+    cfg.StrOpt('userid', default='guest'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('password', default='guest'),
+    cfg.StrOpt('virtual_host', default='/'),
+]
+
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 CONF.register_opts(paste_deploy_opts, group='paste_deploy')
 CONF.register_opts(bind_opts)
+CONF.register_opts(reports_opts, group='reports')
+CONF.register_opts(rabbit_opts, group='rabbitmq')
+
 
 CONF.import_opt('verbose', 'portas.openstack.common.log')
 CONF.import_opt('debug', 'portas.openstack.common.log')
diff --git a/portas/portas/common/service.py b/portas/portas/common/service.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..037d79f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portas/portas/common/service.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from eventlet import patcher
+
+amqp = patcher.import_patched('amqplib.client_0_8')
+
+from portas.openstack.common import service
+from portas.openstack.common import log as logging
+from portas.common import config
+
+conf = config.CONF.reports
+rabbitmq = config.CONF.rabbitmq
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+channel = None
+
+
+class TaskResultHandlerService(service.Service):
+    def __init__(self, threads=1000):
+        super(TaskResultHandlerService, self).__init__(threads)
+
+    def start(self):
+        super(TaskResultHandlerService, self).start()
+        self.tg.add_thread(self._handle_results)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        super(TaskResultHandlerService, self).stop()
+
+    def _handle_results(self):
+        connection = amqp.Connection(rabbitmq.host, virtual_host=rabbitmq.virtual_host,
+                                     userid=rabbitmq.userid, password=rabbitmq.password,
+                                     ssl=rabbitmq.use_ssl, insist=True)
+        ch = connection.channel()
+
+        def bind(exchange, queue):
+            ch.exchange_declare(exchange, 'direct')
+            ch.queue_declare(queue)
+            ch.queue_bind(queue, exchange, queue)
+
+        bind(conf.results_exchange, conf.results_queue)
+        bind(conf.reports_exchange, conf.reports_queue)
+
+        ch.basic_consume('task-results', callback=handle_result)
+        ch.basic_consume('task-reports', callback=handle_report)
+        while ch.callbacks:
+            ch.wait()
+
+
+def handle_report(msg):
+    msg.channel.basic_ack(msg.delivery_tag)
+    log.debug(_('Got report message from orchestration engine:\n{0}'.format(msg.body)))
+
+def handle_result(msg):
+    msg.channel.basic_ack(msg.delivery_tag)
+    log.debug(_('Got result message from orchestration engine:\n{0}'.format(msg.body)))
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diff --git a/portas/tools/pip-requires b/portas/tools/pip-requires
index c5a332f..2b71bd9 100644
--- a/portas/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/portas/tools/pip-requires
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ httplib2
 kombu
 pycrypto>=2.1.0alpha1
 iso8601>=0.1.4
+amqplib
 
 # Note you will need gcc buildtools installed and must
 # have installed libxml headers for lxml to be successfully