diff --git a/src/include/switch_core.h b/src/include/switch_core.h
index 507f18a166..efd983ded8 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_core.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_core.h
@@ -2368,6 +2368,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_core_recovery_untrack(switch_core_session_t *session
 SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_core_recovery_track(switch_core_session_t *session);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_core_recovery_flush(const char *technology, const char *profile_name);
 
+								
+SWITCH_DECLARE(pid_t) switch_fork(void);
+
 SWITCH_END_EXTERN_C
 #endif
 /* For Emacs:
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/asterisk/celliax_additional.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/asterisk/celliax_additional.c
index f72c8d8552..efae699ab7 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/asterisk/celliax_additional.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/asterisk/celliax_additional.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ int celliax_serial_getstatus_AT(struct celliax_pvt *p)
 
             NOTICA("incoming SMS message:>>>%s<<<\n", CELLIAX_P_LOG, p->sms_message);
             pipe(fd1);
-            pid1 = fork();
+            pid1 = switch_fork();
 
             if (pid1 == 0) {    //child
               int err;
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ int celliax_serial_read_AT(struct celliax_pvt *p, int look_for_ack, int timeout_
 
                 NOTICA("incoming SMS message:>>>%s<<<\n", CELLIAX_P_LOG, p->sms_message);
                 pipe(fd1);
-                pid1 = fork();
+                pid1 = switch_fork();
 
                 if (pid1 == 0) {    //child
                   int err;
diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/gsmopen_protocol.cpp b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/gsmopen_protocol.cpp
index ffa4e3d014..5bdda08f81 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/gsmopen_protocol.cpp
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_gsmopen/gsmopen_protocol.cpp
@@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ int gsmopen_serial_getstatus_AT(private_t *tech_pvt)
 
 						DEBUGA_AT("incoming SMS message:---%s---\n", GSMOPEN_P_LOG, p->sms_message);
 						pipe(fd1);
-						pid1 = fork();
+						pid1 = switch_fork();
 
 						if (pid1 == 0) {	//child
 							int err;
diff --git a/src/mod/formats/mod_shell_stream/mod_shell_stream.c b/src/mod/formats/mod_shell_stream/mod_shell_stream.c
index 38969c84f6..a682eb424d 100644
--- a/src/mod/formats/mod_shell_stream/mod_shell_stream.c
+++ b/src/mod/formats/mod_shell_stream/mod_shell_stream.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static switch_status_t shell_stream_file_open(switch_file_handle_t *handle, cons
 	if (pipe(context->fds)) {
 		goto error;
 	} else {					/* good to go */
-		context->pid = fork();
+		context->pid = switch_fork();
 
 		if (context->pid < 0) {	/* ok maybe not */
 			goto error;
diff --git a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_scgi/xml_scgi_server.pl b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_scgi/xml_scgi_server.pl
index 0f4af275bc..c10fd515ee 100644
--- a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_scgi/xml_scgi_server.pl
+++ b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_scgi/xml_scgi_server.pl
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ $SIG{CHLD} = "IGNORE";
 
 while (my $request = $scgi->accept) {
   # fork every new req into its own process (optional)
-  my $pid = fork();
+  my $pid = switch_fork();
 
   if ($pid) {
     $request->close();
diff --git a/src/switch.c b/src/switch.c
index 4f8678a97f..0ddefbc5da 100644
--- a/src/switch.c
+++ b/src/switch.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static void daemonize(int do_wait)
 		}
 	}
 
-	pid = fork();
+	pid = switch_fork();
 
 	switch (pid) {
 	case 0:		/* child process */
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 1d87d9ce2e..70d4cd5d0f 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -2731,15 +2731,33 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_close_extra_files(int *keep, int keep_ttl)
 }
 
 
-
 #ifdef WIN32
 static int switch_system_fork(const char *cmd, switch_bool_t wait)
 {
 	return switch_system_thread(cmd, wait);
 }
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(pid_t) switch_fork(void)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
 #else
 
+SWITCH_DECLARE(pid_t) switch_fork(void)
+{
+	int i = fork();
+
+	if (!i) {
+		set_low_priority();
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+
+
 static int switch_system_fork(const char *cmd, switch_bool_t wait)
 {
 	int pid;
@@ -2747,7 +2765,7 @@ static int switch_system_fork(const char *cmd, switch_bool_t wait)
 
 	switch_core_set_signal_handlers();
 
-	pid = fork();
+	pid = switch_fork();
 	
 	if (pid) {
 		if (wait) {
@@ -2757,7 +2775,6 @@ static int switch_system_fork(const char *cmd, switch_bool_t wait)
 	} else {
 		switch_close_extra_files(NULL, 0);
 		
-		set_low_priority();
 		if (system(dcmd) == -1) {
 			switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to execute because of a command error : %s\n", dcmd);
 		}
@@ -2793,7 +2810,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int) switch_stream_system_fork(const char *cmd, switch_stream_han
 	if (pipe(fds)) {
 		goto end;
 	} else {					/* good to go */
-		pid = fork();
+		pid = switch_fork();
 
 		if (pid < 0) {			/* ok maybe not */
 			close(fds[0]);
diff --git a/src/switch_xml.c b/src/switch_xml.c
index a4da3ca6cf..f441567cac 100644
--- a/src/switch_xml.c
+++ b/src/switch_xml.c
@@ -1238,7 +1238,7 @@ static FILE *preprocess_exec(const char *cwd, const char *command, FILE *write_f
 	if (pipe(fds)) {
 		goto end;
 	} else {					/* good to go */
-		pid = fork();
+		pid = switch_fork();
 
 		if (pid < 0) {			/* ok maybe not */
 			close(fds[0]);