diff --git a/galaxy.yml b/galaxy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae61a0f2c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/galaxy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Molecule is not really a collection but this file is use for testing molecule
+# ability to detect and install a local collection.
+namespace: _test
+name: molecule
+version: 0.0.1
+readme: README.rst
+authors:
+  - Ansible
+build_ignore:
+  - "**/*.egg-info"
+  - "**/.mypy_cache"
+  - .cache
+  - .coverage
+  - .eggs
+  - .github
+  - .gitignore
+  - .pytest_cache
+  - .vscode
+  - asset
+  - build
+  - coverage.xml
+  - dist
+  - docs/docstree/html
+  - pip-wheel-metadata
+  - tox.ini
diff --git a/src/molecule/dependency/ansible_galaxy/__init__.py b/src/molecule/dependency/ansible_galaxy/__init__.py
index 2a1a7f5a29..2031f4249c 100644
--- a/src/molecule/dependency/ansible_galaxy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/molecule/dependency/ansible_galaxy/__init__.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         self.invocations = [Roles(config), Collections(config)]
 
     def execute(self):
+        super().execute()
         for invoker in self.invocations:
             invoker.execute()
 
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ def _has_requirements_file(self):
     def default_env(self):
         e = {}
         for invoker in self.invocations:
-            e = util.merge(e, invoker.default_env)
+            e = util.merge_dicts(e, invoker.default_env)
         return e
 
     @property
diff --git a/src/molecule/dependency/base.py b/src/molecule/dependency/base.py
index 420f312dc7..67b8376822 100644
--- a/src/molecule/dependency/base.py
+++ b/src/molecule/dependency/base.py
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 
 import abc
 import os
+import re
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
 
 from molecule import constants, util
 from molecule.logger import get_logger
@@ -80,13 +83,36 @@ def execute_with_retries(self):
         LOG.error(str(exception), self._sh_command)
         util.sysexit(getattr(exception, "exit_code", constants.RC_UNKNOWN_ERROR))
 
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def execute(self):  # pragma: no cover
+    def execute(self):
         """
         Execute ``cmd`` and returns None.
 
         :return: None
         """
+        collection_marker = os.path.join(util.find_vcs_root(), "galaxy.yml")
+        if os.path.isfile(collection_marker):
+            try:
+                LOG.info("Collection detected at %s", os.getcwd())
+
+                dist = Path(self._config.scenario.ephemeral_directory) / "dist"
+                dist.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+                result = util.run_command(
+                    f"ansible-galaxy collection build -v -f --output-path {dist}",
+                    env=self.default_env,
+                    check=True,
+                    echo=True,
+                )
+                archive = re.search(r"([^\s]+\.tar\.gz)$", result.stdout).groups()[0]
+                # no need to specify destination path because Molecule already defines
+                # custom isolated ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH for each scenario
+                result = util.run_command(
+                    f"ansible-galaxy collection install -f {archive}",
+                    env=self.default_env,
+                    check=True,
+                    echo=True,
+                )
+            except CalledProcessError as e:
+                util.sysexit_with_message(e, e.returncode)
 
     @abc.abstractproperty
     def default_options(self):  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/src/molecule/dependency/shell.py b/src/molecule/dependency/shell.py
index 0e23a4f368..858120e266 100644
--- a/src/molecule/dependency/shell.py
+++ b/src/molecule/dependency/shell.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def bake(self) -> None:
         self._sh_command = BakedCommand(cmd=self.command, env=self.env)
 
     def execute(self):
+        super().execute()
         if not self.enabled:
             msg = "Skipping, dependency is disabled."
             LOG.warning(msg)
diff --git a/src/molecule/util.py b/src/molecule/util.py
index 0bd91b5166..292fd9aa94 100644
--- a/src/molecule/util.py
+++ b/src/molecule/util.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import lru_cache  # noqa
-from subprocess import CompletedProcess
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError, CompletedProcess
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, MutableMapping, NoReturn, Optional, Union
 
 import jinja2
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def sysexit_with_message(
 
 
 def run_command(
-    cmd, env=None, debug=False, echo=False, quiet=False
+    cmd, env=None, debug=False, echo=False, quiet=False, check=False
 ) -> CompletedProcess:
     """
     Execute the given command and returns None.
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ def run_command(
         - a string or list of strings (similar to subprocess.run)
         - a BakedCommand object (
     :param debug: An optional bool to toggle debug output.
-    :return: ``sh`` object
     """
     args = []
     stdout = None
@@ -139,9 +138,17 @@ def run_command(
     if debug:
         print_environment_vars(env)
 
-    return run(
+    result = run(
         args, env=env, stdout=stdout, stderr=stderr, echo=echo or debug, quiet=quiet
     )
+    if result.returncode != 0 and check:
+        raise CalledProcessError(
+            returncode=result.returncode,
+            cmd=result.args,
+            output=result.stdout,
+            stderr=result.stderr,
+        )
+    return result
 
 
 def os_walk(directory, pattern, excludes=[]):