diff --git a/glances/globals.py b/glances/globals.py
index f7d4c752..a0c62404 100644
--- a/glances/globals.py
+++ b/glances/globals.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import base64
 import errno
 import functools
 import importlib
+import multiprocessing
 import os
 import platform
 import queue
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ import weakref
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from configparser import ConfigParser, NoOptionError, NoSectionError
 from datetime import datetime
-from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
 from operator import itemgetter, methodcaller
 from statistics import mean
 from typing import Any, Optional, Union
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ viewkeys = methodcaller('keys')
 viewvalues = methodcaller('values')
 viewitems = methodcaller('items')
 
+# Multiprocessing start method (on POSIX system)
+if LINUX or BSD or SUNOS or MACOS:
+    ctx_mp_fork = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
+else:
+    ctx_mp_fork = multiprocessing.get_context()
 
 ###################
 # GLOBALS FUNCTIONS
@@ -600,8 +605,8 @@ def exit_after(seconds, default=None):
             return func
 
         def wraps(*args, **kwargs):
-            q = Queue()
-            p = Process(target=handler, args=(q, func, args, kwargs))
+            q = ctx_mp_fork.Queue()
+            p = ctx_mp_fork.Process(target=handler, args=(q, func, args, kwargs))
             p.start()
             p.join(timeout=seconds)
             if not p.is_alive():
diff --git a/tests-data/issues/issue3319.py b/tests-data/issues/issue3319.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8846f7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests-data/issues/issue3319.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+####################################################################################
+#
+# Migration of the code issue3290.py to use multiprocessing with 'fork' start method
+#
+####################################################################################
+
+import multiprocessing
+import time
+
+import psutil
+
+# multiprocessing.set_start_method("fork")
+ctx_mp_fork = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')
+
+
+def exit_after(seconds, default=None):
+    """Exit the function if it takes more than 'second' seconds to complete.
+    In this case, return the value of 'default' (default: None)."""
+
+    def handler(q, func, args, kwargs):
+        q.put(func(*args, **kwargs))
+
+    def decorator(func):
+        def wraps(*args, **kwargs):
+            q = ctx_mp_fork.Queue()
+            p = ctx_mp_fork.Process(target=handler, args=(q, func, args, kwargs))
+            p.start()
+            p.join(timeout=seconds)
+            if not p.is_alive():
+                return q.get()
+
+            p.terminate()
+            p.join(timeout=0.1)
+            if p.is_alive():
+                # Kill in case processes doesn't terminate
+                # Happens with cases like broken NFS connections
+                p.kill()
+            return default
+
+        return wraps
+
+    return decorator
+
+
+class Issue3290:
+    @exit_after(1, default=None)
+    def blocking_io_call(self, fs):
+        try:
+            return psutil.disk_usage(fs)
+        except OSError:
+            return None
+
+
+issue = Issue3290()
+while True:
+    print(f"{time.time()} {issue.blocking_io_call('/home/nicolargo/tmp/hang')}")
+    time.sleep(1)