diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 39fd74742..a2215aa5a 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -544,3 +544,22 @@ def test_bind_fd_works_with_reload_or_workers(reload, workers):  # pragma: py-wi
     assert sock.getsockname() == ""
     sock.close()
     fdsock.close()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "reload, workers, expected",
+    [
+        (True, 1, True),
+        (False, 2, True),
+        (False, 1, False),
+    ],
+    ids=[
+        "--reload=True --workers=1",
+        "--reload=False --workers=2",
+        "--reload=False --workers=1",
+    ],
+)
+def test_config_use_subprocess(reload, workers, expected):
+    config = Config(app=asgi_app, reload=reload, workers=workers)
+    config.load()
+    assert config.use_subprocess == expected
diff --git a/uvicorn/config.py b/uvicorn/config.py
index c96f16691..9fad8f9a1 100644
--- a/uvicorn/config.py
+++ b/uvicorn/config.py
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@ def asgi_version(self) -> Literal["2.0", "3.0"]:
     def is_ssl(self) -> bool:
         return bool(self.ssl_keyfile or self.ssl_certfile)
 
+    @property
+    def use_subprocess(self) -> bool:
+        return bool(self.reload or self.workers > 1)
+
     def configure_logging(self) -> None:
         logging.addLevelName(TRACE_LOG_LEVEL, "TRACE")
 
@@ -503,7 +507,7 @@ def load(self) -> None:
     def setup_event_loop(self) -> None:
         loop_setup: Optional[Callable] = import_from_string(LOOP_SETUPS[self.loop])
         if loop_setup is not None:
-            loop_setup(reload=self.reload)
+            loop_setup(use_subprocess=self.use_subprocess)
 
     def bind_socket(self) -> socket.socket:
         logger_args: List[Union[str, int]]
diff --git a/uvicorn/loops/asyncio.py b/uvicorn/loops/asyncio.py
index 9a9ed6495..867545f2a 100644
--- a/uvicorn/loops/asyncio.py
+++ b/uvicorn/loops/asyncio.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("uvicorn.error")
 
 
-def asyncio_setup(reload: bool = False) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
-    if sys.version_info >= (3, 8) and sys.platform == "win32" and reload:
-        logger.warning("The --reload flag should not be used in production on Windows.")
+def asyncio_setup(use_subprocess: bool = False) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 8) and sys.platform == "win32" and use_subprocess:
         asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
diff --git a/uvicorn/loops/auto.py b/uvicorn/loops/auto.py
index ff272c112..2285457bf 100644
--- a/uvicorn/loops/auto.py
+++ b/uvicorn/loops/auto.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-def auto_loop_setup(reload: bool = False) -> None:
+def auto_loop_setup(use_subprocess: bool = False) -> None:
     try:
         import uvloop  # noqa
     except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
         from uvicorn.loops.asyncio import asyncio_setup as loop_setup
 
-        loop_setup(reload=reload)
+        loop_setup(use_subprocess=use_subprocess)
     else:  # pragma: no cover
         from uvicorn.loops.uvloop import uvloop_setup
 
-        uvloop_setup(reload=reload)
+        uvloop_setup(use_subprocess=use_subprocess)
diff --git a/uvicorn/loops/uvloop.py b/uvicorn/loops/uvloop.py
index 119c9f28a..0e2fd1eb0 100644
--- a/uvicorn/loops/uvloop.py
+++ b/uvicorn/loops/uvloop.py
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 import uvloop
 
 
-def uvloop_setup(reload: bool = False) -> None:
+def uvloop_setup(use_subprocess: bool = False) -> None:
     asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())