diff --git a/nipype/pipeline/plugins/legacymultiproc.py b/nipype/pipeline/plugins/legacymultiproc.py
index dd88a55055..bfc1773a92 100644
--- a/nipype/pipeline/plugins/legacymultiproc.py
+++ b/nipype/pipeline/plugins/legacymultiproc.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 # Import packages
 import os
+import multiprocessing as mp
 from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count, pool
 from traceback import format_exception
 import sys
@@ -73,24 +74,65 @@ def run_node(node, updatehash, taskid):
     # Return the result dictionary
     return result
 
+# Pythons 2.7, 3.4-3.7.0, and 3.7.1 have three different implementations of
+# pool.Pool().Process(), and the type of the result varies based on the default
+# multiprocessing context, so we need to dynamically patch the daemon property
+class NonDaemonMixin(object):
+    @property
+    def daemon(self):
+        return False
+    
+    @daemon.setter
+    def daemon(self, val):
+        pass
 
-class NonDaemonPool(pool.Pool):
-    """A process pool with non-daemon processes.
-    """
-    def Process(self, *args, **kwds):
-        proc = super(NonDaemonPool, self).Process(*args, **kwds)
-
-        class NonDaemonProcess(proc.__class__):
-            """Monkey-patch process to ensure it is never daemonized"""
-            @property
-            def daemon(self):
-                return False
-
-            @daemon.setter
-            def daemon(self, val):
-                pass
-        proc.__class__ = NonDaemonProcess
-        return proc
+try:
+    from multiprocessing import context
+    # Exists on all platforms
+    class NonDaemonSpawnProcess(NonDaemonMixin, context.SpawnProcess):
+        pass
+    class NonDaemonSpawnContext(context.SpawnContext):
+        Process = NonDaemonSpawnProcess
+    _nondaemon_context_mapper = {
+        'spawn': NonDaemonSpawnContext()
+        }
+
+    # POSIX only
+    try:
+        class NonDaemonForkProcess(NonDaemonMixin, context.ForkProcess):
+            pass
+        class NonDaemonForkContext(context.ForkContext):
+            Process = NonDaemonForkProcess
+        _nondaemon_context_mapper['fork'] = NonDaemonForkContext()
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    # POSIX only
+    try:
+        class NonDaemonForkServerProcess(NonDaemonMixin, context.ForkServerProcess):
+            pass
+        class NonDaemonForkServerContext(context.ForkServerContext):
+            Process = NonDaemonForkServerProcess
+        _nondaemon_context_mapper['forkserver'] = NonDaemonForkServerContext()
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+
+    class NonDaemonPool(pool.Pool):
+        def __init__(self, processes=None, initializer=None, initargs=(),
+                     maxtasksperchild=None, context=None):
+            if context is None:
+                context = mp.get_context()
+            context = _nondaemon_context_mapper[context._name]
+            super(NonDaemonPool, self).__init__(processes=processes,
+                                                initializer=initializer,
+                                                initargs=initargs,
+                                                maxtasksperchild=maxtasksperchild,
+                                                context=context)
+
+except ImportError:
+    class NonDaemonProcess(NonDaemonMixin, mp.Process):
+        pass
+    class NonDaemonPool(pool.Pool):
+        Process = NonDaemonProcess
 
 
 class LegacyMultiProcPlugin(DistributedPluginBase):