diff --git a/totest-manager.py b/totest-manager.py
index c01f67ed..0e5aa38a 100755
--- a/totest-manager.py
+++ b/totest-manager.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # (C) 2014 aplanas@suse.de, openSUSE.org
 # (C) 2014 coolo@suse.de, openSUSE.org
 # (C) 2017 okurz@suse.de, openSUSE.org
+# (C) 2018 dheidler@suse.de, openSUSE.org
 # Distribute under GPLv2 or GPLv3
 
 from __future__ import print_function
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import logging
 import signal
 import time
 import yaml
+import pika
 
 from xml.etree import cElementTree as ET
 from openqa_client.client import OpenQA_Client
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
         self.load_issues_to_ignore()
         self.project_base = project.split(':')[0]
         self.update_pinned_descr = False
+        self.amqp_url = osc.conf.config.get('ttm_amqp_url')
 
     def load_issues_to_ignore(self):
         url = self.api.makeurl(['source', self.project, '_attribute', 'OSRT:IgnoredIssues'])
@@ -247,16 +250,17 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
 
         jobs = self.find_openqa_results(snapshot)
 
+        self.failed_relevant_jobs = []
+        self.failed_ignored_jobs = []
+
         if len(jobs) < self.jobs_num():  # not yet scheduled
             logger.warning('we have only %s jobs' % len(jobs))
             return QA_INPROGRESS
 
-        number_of_fails = 0
         in_progress = False
         for job in jobs:
             # print json.dumps(job, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
             if job['result'] in ('failed', 'incomplete', 'skipped', 'user_cancelled', 'obsoleted', 'parallel_failed'):
-                jobname = job['name']
                 # print json.dumps(job, sort_keys=True, indent=4), jobname
                 url = makeurl(self.openqa_server,
                               ['api', 'v1', 'jobs', str(job['id']), 'comments'])
@@ -287,6 +291,7 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
                         self.issues_to_ignore[ref] = build_nr
 
                 if ignored:
+                    self.failed_ignored_jobs.append(job['id'])
                     if labeled:
                         text = 'Ignored issue' if len(refs) > 0 else 'Ignored failure'
                         # remove flag - unfortunately can't delete comment unless admin
@@ -294,9 +299,9 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
                         self.openqa.openqa_request(
                             'PUT', 'jobs/%s/comments/%d' % (job['id'], labeled), data=data)
 
-                    logger.info("job %s failed, but was ignored", jobname)
+                    logger.info("job %s failed, but was ignored", job['name'])
                 else:
-                    number_of_fails += 1
+                    self.failed_relevant_jobs.append(job['id'])
                     if not labeled and len(refs) > 0:
                         data = {'text': 'label:unknown_failure'}
                         if self.dryrun:
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
                                 'POST', 'jobs/%s/comments' % job['id'], data=data)
 
                     joburl = '%s/tests/%s' % (self.openqa_server, job['id'])
-                    logger.info("job %s failed, see %s", jobname, joburl)
+                    logger.info("job %s failed, see %s", job['name'], joburl)
 
             elif job['result'] == 'passed' or job['result'] == 'softfailed':
                 continue
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
 
         self.save_issues_to_ignore()
 
-        if number_of_fails > 0:
+        if len(self.failed_relevant_jobs) > 0:
             return QA_FAILED
 
         if in_progress:
@@ -541,6 +546,8 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
             # with a new release
             can_release = False
 
+        self.send_amqp_event(current_snapshot, current_result)
+
         can_publish = (current_result == QA_PASSED)
 
         # already published
@@ -575,6 +582,38 @@ class ToTestBase(object):
             self.update_totest(new_snapshot)
             self.write_version_to_dashboard("totest", new_snapshot)
 
+    def send_amqp_event(self, current_snapshot, current_result):
+        if not self.amqp_url:
+            logger.debug('No ttm_amqp_url configured in oscrc - skipping amqp event emission')
+            return
+
+        logger.debug('Sending AMQP message')
+        inf = re.sub(r"ed$", '', self._result2str(current_result))
+        msg_topic = '%s.ttm.build.%s' % (self.project_base.lower(), inf)
+        msg_body = json.dumps({
+            'build': current_snapshot,
+            'project': self.project,
+            'failed_jobs': {
+                'relevant': self.failed_relevant_jobs,
+                'ignored': self.failed_ignored_jobs,
+            }
+        })
+
+        # send amqp event
+        tries = 7  # arbitrary
+        for t in range(tries):
+            try:
+                notify_connection = pika.BlockingConnection(pika.URLParameters(self.amqp_url))
+                notify_channel = notify_connection.channel()
+                notify_channel.exchange_declare(exchange='pubsub', exchange_type='topic', passive=True, durable=True)
+                notify_channel.basic_publish(exchange='pubsub', routing_key=msg_topic, body=msg_body)
+                notify_connection.close()
+                break
+            except pika.exceptions.ConnectionClosed as e:
+                logger.warn('Sending AMQP event did not work: %s. Retrying try %s out of %s' % (e, t, tries))
+        else:
+            logger.error('Could not send out AMQP event for %s tries, aborting.' % tries)
+
     def release(self):
         new_snapshot = self.current_version()
         self.update_totest(new_snapshot)