diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5e026e524d..bded278be0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ repos:
         entry: mypy src/
         pass_filenames: false
         additional_dependencies:
+          - ansible-lint>=5.0.5a0
           - packaging
           - enrich>=1.2.5
           - subprocess-tee>=0.2.0
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-pylint
-    rev: v2.6.0
+    rev: v2.7.2
     hooks:
       - id: pylint
         additional_dependencies:
-          - ansible-base
+          - ansible-lint>=5.0.5a0
           - enrich>=1.2.5
           - subprocess-tee>=0.2.0
           - testinfra
diff --git a/.readthedocs.yml b/.readthedocs.yml
index 62b6635ea1..804662309f 100644
--- a/.readthedocs.yml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ python:
     - method: pip
       path: .
       extra_requirements:
+        - ansible-base
         - docs
diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index 3f2d25be96..cca70f73fb 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ warn_redundant_casts = True
 no_implicit_optional = True
 
 # 3rd party ignores, to remove once they add hints
+[mypy-ansiblelint.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+
 [mypy-cerberus.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a039797e49..a3148dc30e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ setup_requires =
 
 # These are required in actual runtime:
 install_requires =
+    ansible-lint >= 5.0.5a0  # only for the prerun functionality
     cerberus >= 1.3.1
     click >= 7.0, < 8.0  # https://github.com/click-contrib/click-help-colors/issues/12
     click-completion >= 0.5.1
@@ -120,9 +121,10 @@ test =
     pytest-xdist >= 2.1.0
     pytest >= 6.1.2
 lint =
-    ansible-lint[core,yamllint] >= 5.0.2, < 6
+    # ansible-lint is not a core dependency, duplicating it here would confuse pip
     flake8 >= 3.8.4
     pre-commit >= 2.10.1
+    yamllint
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
diff --git a/src/molecule/command/base.py b/src/molecule/command/base.py
index 02ea3885d1..cf3664e5cc 100644
--- a/src/molecule/command/base.py
+++ b/src/molecule/command/base.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
 import click
+from ansiblelint.prerun import prepare_environment
 from click_help_colors import HelpColorsCommand, HelpColorsGroup
 
 import molecule.scenarios
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ def execute_cmdline_scenarios(scenario_name, args, command_args, ansible_args=()
     :returns: None
 
     """
+    prepare_environment()
+
     glob_str = MOLECULE_GLOB
     if scenario_name:
         glob_str = glob_str.replace("*", scenario_name)
diff --git a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
index e3ffb5cd0b..99c859ee1c 100644
--- a/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
+++ b/src/molecule/provisioner/ansible.py
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ def default_env(self):
                         ),
                         "/usr/share/ansible/roles",
                         "/etc/ansible/roles",
+                        *os.environ.get("ANSIBLE_ROLES_PATH", "").split(":"),
                     ]
                 ),
                 self._config.ansible_collections_path: ":".join(collections_path_list),
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1be3b5b895..913a472628 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ deps =
     dockerfile: ansible>=2.9.12
     selinux
     py{36,37}: importlib-metadata<2,>=0.12
+    py: ansible-base
 extras =
     docker
     lint
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ commands =
     # failsafe as pip may install incompatible dependencies
     pip check
     # failsafe for preventing changes that may break pytest collection
-    sh -c "PYTEST_ADDOPTS= python -m pytest -p no:cov --collect-only 2>&1 >{envlogdir}/collect.log"
+    sh -c "PYTEST_ADDOPTS= python -m pytest -p no:cov --collect-only"
     # -n auto used only on unit as is not supported by functional yet
     # html report is used by Zuul CI to display reports
     python -m pytest src/molecule/test/unit/ {env:_EXTRAS} {env:PYTEST_ADDOPTS:} {posargs}
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ commands =
     'import pathlib; '\
     'docs_dir = pathlib.Path(r"{toxinidir}") / "docs/docstree/html"; index_file = docs_dir / "index.html"; print(f"\nDocumentation available under `file://\{index_file\}`\n\nTo serve docs, use `python3 -m http.server --directory \{docs_dir\} 0`\n")'
 extras =
+    ansible-base
     docs
 
 [testenv:docs-livereload]