diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 07e32997..f518f8dd 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
 
     Contributed by Rumyana Neykova.
 
+- Consumer now supports a ``on_message`` callback that can be used to process
+  raw undecoded messages.
+
+    Other callbacks specified using the ``callbacks`` argument, and
+    the ``receive`` method will be not be called when a on message callback
+    is present.
+
+- New utility :func:`kombu.common.ignore_errors` ignores connection and
+  channel errors.
+
+    Must only be used for cleanup actions at shutdown or on connection loss.
+
 - Support for exchange-to-exchange bindings.
 
     The :class:`~kombu.entity.Exchange` entity gained ``bind_to``
diff --git a/docs/userguide/serialization.rst b/docs/userguide/serialization.rst
index d5ade3b6..b3648d14 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/serialization.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/serialization.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ for the raw data::
 The `Message` object returned by the `Consumer` class will have a
 `content_type` and `content_encoding` attribute.
 
+.. _serialization-entrypoints:
 
 Creating extensions using Setuptools entry-points
 =================================================
diff --git a/kombu/common.py b/kombu/common.py
index 7dcbf388..1c26bc97 100644
--- a/kombu/common.py
+++ b/kombu/common.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import socket
 import threading
 
 from collections import deque
+from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import count
 
@@ -192,13 +193,43 @@ def _ensure_errback(exc, interval):
             exc_info=True)
 
 
-def ignore_errors(conn, fun, *args, **kwargs):
+@contextmanager
+def _ignore_errors(conn):
     try:
-        fun(*args, **kwargs)
+        yield
     except (AttributeError, ) + conn.connection_errors + conn.channel_errors:
         pass
 
 
+def ignore_errors(conn, fun=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Ignore connection and channel errors.
+
+    The first argument must be a connection object, or any other object
+    with ``connection_error`` and ``channel_error`` attributes.
+
+    Can be used as a function::
+
+        >>> ignore_errors(conn, consumer.channel.close)
+
+    or as a context manager::
+
+        >>> with ignore_errors(conn):
+        ...     consumer.channel.close()
+
+
+    .. note::
+
+        Connection and channel errors should be properly handled,
+        and not ignored.  Using this function is only acceptible in a cleanup
+        phase, like when a connection is lost or at shutdown.
+
+    """
+    if fun:
+        with _ignore_errors(conn):
+            return fun(*args, **kwargs)
+    return _ignore_errors(conn)
+
+
 def revive_connection(connection, channel, on_revive=None):
     if on_revive:
         on_revive(channel)
@@ -244,14 +275,48 @@ def entry_to_queue(queue, **options):
 class QoS(object):
     """Thread safe increment/decrement of a channels prefetch_count.
 
-    :param consumer: A :class:`kombu.messaging.Consumer` instance.
+    :param callback: Function used to set new prefetch count,
+        e.g. ``consumer.qos`` or ``channel.basic_qos``.  Will be called
+        with a single ``prefetch_count`` keyword argument.
     :param initial_value: Initial prefetch count value.
 
+    **Example usage**
+
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+        >>> consumer = Consumer(connection)
+        >>> qos = QoS(consumer.qos, initial_prefetch_count=2)
+        >>> qos.update()  # set initial
+
+        >>> qos.value
+        2
+
+        >>> def in_some_thread():
+        ...     qos.increment_eventually()
+
+        >>> def in_some_other_thread():
+        ...     qos.decrement_eventually()
+
+        >>> while some_loop:
+        ...    if qos.prev != qos.value:
+        ...        qos.update()  # prefetch changed so update.
+
+    It can be used with any function supporting a ``prefetch_count`` keyword
+    argument::
+
+        >>> channel = connection.channel()
+        >>> QoS(channel.basic_qos, 10)
+
+
+        >>> def set_qos(prefetch_count):
+        ...     some_object.change(prefetch=prefetch_count)
+        >>> QoS(set_qos, 10)
+
     """
     prev = None
 
-    def __init__(self, consumer, initial_value):
-        self.consumer = consumer
+    def __init__(self, callback, initial_value):
+        self.callback = callback
         self._mutex = threading.RLock()
         self.value = initial_value or 0
 
@@ -288,7 +353,7 @@ class QoS(object):
                              PREFETCH_COUNT_MAX)
                 new_value = 0
             klogger.debug('basic.qos: prefetch_count->%s', new_value)
-            self.consumer.qos(prefetch_count=new_value)
+            self.callback(prefetch_count=new_value)
             self.prev = pcount
         return pcount
 
diff --git a/kombu/mixins.py b/kombu/mixins.py
index 50f1d499..dbd4e34c 100644
--- a/kombu/mixins.py
+++ b/kombu/mixins.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from contextlib import contextmanager
 from functools import partial
 from itertools import count
 
+from .common import ignore_errors
 from .messaging import Consumer
 from .log import LogMixin
 from .utils import cached_property, nested
@@ -192,14 +193,8 @@ class ConsumerMixin(LogMixin):
         self.debug('consume exiting')
 
     def maybe_conn_error(self, fun):
-        """Applies function but ignores any connection or channel
-        errors raised."""
-        try:
-            fun()
-        except (AttributeError, ) + \
-                self.connection_errors + \
-                self.channel_errors:
-            pass
+        """Use :func:`kombu.common.ignore_errors` instead."""
+        return ignore_errors(self, fun)
 
     @contextmanager
     def establish_connection(self):