diff --git a/kombu/connection.py b/kombu/connection.py
index 0762650d..ff447a68 100644
--- a/kombu/connection.py
+++ b/kombu/connection.py
@@ -464,6 +464,9 @@ class Resource(object):
     def prepare(self, resource):
         return resource
 
+    def close_resource(self, resource):
+        resource.close()
+
     def release(self, resource):
         """Release resource so it can be used by another thread.
 
@@ -475,6 +478,33 @@ class Resource(object):
         self._dirty.discard(resource)
         self._resource.put_nowait(resource)
 
+    def force_close_all(self):
+        """Closes and removes all resources in the pool (also those in use).
+
+        Can be used to close resources from parent processes after fork (e.g.
+        sockets).
+
+        """
+        dirty = self._dirty
+        resource = self._resource
+        while 1:
+            try:
+                dres = dirty.pop()
+            except KeyError:
+                break
+            self.close_resource(dres)
+
+        resource.mutex.acquire()
+        try:
+            while 1:
+                try:
+                    res = resource.queue.pop()
+                except IndexError:
+                    break
+                self.close_resource(res)
+        finally:
+            resource.mutex.release()
+
 
 class ConnectionPool(Resource):
     LimitExceeded = exceptions.ConnectionLimitExceeded