diff --git a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
index 112de82..8a0cd0a 100644
--- a/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
+++ b/maven-surefire-common/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/surefire/AbstractSurefireMojo.java
@@ -1121,10 +1121,20 @@
             warnIfWrongShutdownValue();
             warnIfNotApplicableSkipAfterFailureCount();
             warnIfIllegalTempDir();
+            warnIfForkCountIsZero();
         }
         return true;
     }
 
+    private void warnIfForkCountIsZero()
+    {
+        if ( "0".equals( getForkCount() ) )
+        {
+            getConsoleLogger().warning( "The parameter forkCount should likely not be 0, not forking a JVM for tests "
+                + "reduce test accuracy, ensure to have a <forkCount> >= 1." );
+        }
+    }
+
     private void executeAfterPreconditionsChecked( @Nonnull DefaultScanResult scanResult )
         throws MojoExecutionException, MojoFailureException
     {