diff --git a/.ansible-lint b/.ansible-lint
index caf18ee17d..3e6906d179 100644
--- a/.ansible-lint
+++ b/.ansible-lint
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ exclude_paths:
 # Mock modules or roles in order to pass ansible-playbook --syntax-check
 mock_modules:
   - zuul_return
+  - fake_namespace.fake_collection.fake_module
 mock_roles:
   - mocked_role
 
diff --git a/examples/playbooks/mocked_dependency.yml b/examples/playbooks/mocked_dependency.yml
index 31844d7aee..ae489fdbc4 100644
--- a/examples/playbooks/mocked_dependency.yml
+++ b/examples/playbooks/mocked_dependency.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
   tasks:
     - name: some task
       zuul_return: {}
+    - name: mocked module from collection
+      fake_namespace.fake_collection.fake_module: {}
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/_prerun.py b/src/ansiblelint/_prerun.py
index c7b25496f0..fd9e96be21 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/_prerun.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/_prerun.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from packaging import version
 
-from ansiblelint.config import options
+from ansiblelint.config import ansible_collections_path, collection_list, options
 from ansiblelint.constants import (
     ANSIBLE_MIN_VERSION,
     ANSIBLE_MISSING_RC,
@@ -84,13 +84,6 @@ def prepare_environment() -> None:
         if run.returncode != 0:
             sys.exit(run.returncode)
 
-        if 'ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS' in os.environ:
-            os.environ[
-                'ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS'
-            ] = f".cache/collections:{os.environ['ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS']}"
-        else:
-            os.environ['ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS'] = ".cache/collections"
-
     _prepare_library_paths()
     _prepare_roles_path()
 
@@ -105,16 +98,56 @@ def _prepare_library_paths() -> None:
         library_paths.append("plugins/modules")
 
     if options.mock_modules:
-        library_paths.append(".cache/modules")
-        os.makedirs(".cache/modules", exist_ok=True)
         for module_name in options.mock_modules:
-            with open(f".cache/modules/{module_name}.py", "w") as f:
-                f.write(ANSIBLE_MOCKED_MODULE)
+            _make_module_stub(module_name)
+        if os.path.exists(".cache/collections"):
+            collection_list.append(".cache/collections")
+        if os.path.exists(".cache/modules"):
+            library_paths.append(".cache/modules")
+
+    _update_env('ANSIBLE_LIBRARY', library_paths)
+    _update_env(ansible_collections_path(), collection_list)
+
+
+def _make_module_stub(module_name: str) -> None:
+    if "." not in module_name:
+        os.makedirs(".cache/modules", exist_ok=True)
+        _write_module_stub(
+            filename=f".cache/modules/{module_name}.py", name=module_name
+        )
+    else:
+        namespace, collection, module_file = module_name.split(".")
+        path = f".cache/collections/ansible_collections/{ namespace }/{ collection }/plugins/modules"
+        os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+        _write_module_stub(
+            filename=f"{path}/{module_file}.py",
+            name=module_file,
+            namespace=namespace,
+            collection=collection,
+        )
+
 
-    library_path_str = ":".join(library_paths)
-    if library_path_str != os.environ.get('ANSIBLE_LIBRARY', ""):
-        os.environ['ANSIBLE_LIBRARY'] = library_path_str
-        print("Added ANSIBLE_LIBRARY=%s" % library_path_str, file=sys.stderr)
+def _write_module_stub(
+    filename: str,
+    name: str,
+    namespace: Optional[str] = None,
+    collection: Optional[str] = None,
+) -> None:
+    """Write module stub to disk."""
+    body = ANSIBLE_MOCKED_MODULE.format(
+        name=name, collection=collection, namespace=namespace
+    )
+    with open(filename, "w") as f:
+        f.write(body)
+
+
+def _update_env(varname: str, value: List[str]) -> None:
+    """Update environment variable if needed."""
+    if value:
+        value_str = ":".join(value)
+        if value_str != os.environ.get(varname, ""):
+            os.environ[varname] = value_str
+            print("Added %s=%s" % (varname, value_str), file=sys.stderr)
 
 
 def _prepare_roles_path() -> None:
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/config.py b/src/ansiblelint/config.py
index 3429832025..eb5c99b060 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/config.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 """Store configuration options as a singleton."""
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
 from argparse import Namespace
-from typing import Dict
+from functools import lru_cache
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+from ansiblelint.constants import ANSIBLE_MISSING_RC
 
 DEFAULT_KINDS = [
     # Do not sort this list, order matters.
@@ -45,3 +53,51 @@
 
 # Used to store detected tag deprecations
 used_old_tags: Dict[str, str] = {}
+
+# Used to store collection list paths (with mock paths if needed)
+collection_list: List[str] = []
+
+
+@lru_cache()
+def ansible_collections_path() -> str:
+    """Return collection path variable for current version of Ansible."""
+    # respect Ansible behavior, which is to load old name if present
+    for env_var in ["ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS", "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH"]:
+        if "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS" in os.environ:
+            return env_var
+
+    # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/70007
+    if ansible_version() >= ansible_version("2.10.0.dev0"):
+        return "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATH"
+    return "ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS"
+
+
+@lru_cache()
+def ansible_version(version: str = "") -> Version:
+    """Return current Version object for Ansible.
+
+    If version is not mentioned, it returns current version as detected.
+    When version argument is mentioned, it return converts the version string
+    to Version object in order to make it usable in comparisons.
+    """
+    if not version:
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            ["ansible", "--version"],
+            universal_newlines=True,
+            check=False,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+        )
+        if proc.returncode == 0:
+            version = proc.stdout.splitlines()[0].split()[1]
+        else:
+            print(
+                "Unable to find a working copy of ansible executable.",
+                proc,
+            )
+            sys.exit(ANSIBLE_MISSING_RC)
+    return Version(version)
+
+
+if ansible_collections_path() in os.environ:
+    collection_list = os.environ[ansible_collections_path()].split(':')
diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/constants.py b/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
index 2be4783d1b..4f236fa045 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/constants.py
@@ -20,18 +20,37 @@
 ANSIBLE_MIN_VERSION = "2.9"
 
 ANSIBLE_MOCKED_MODULE = """\
-# This is a mocked Ansible module
+# This is a mocked Ansible module generated by ansible-lint
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+module: {name}
+
+short_description: Mocked
+version_added: "1.0.0"
+description: Mocked
+
+author:
+    - ansible-lint (@nobody)
+'''
+EXAMPLES = '''mocked'''
+RETURN = '''mocked'''
 
 def main():
-    return AnsibleModule(
-        argument_spec=dict(
-            data=dict(default=None),
-            path=dict(default=None, type=str),
-            file=dict(default=None, type=str),
-        )
+    result = dict(
+        changed=False,
+        original_message='',
+        message='')
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
     )
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
 """
 
 FileType = Literal[
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index be68159580..178c83dabc 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ passenv =
   SSL_CERT_FILE  # https proxies
 # recreate = True
 setenv =
-  ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS = {envtmpdir}
   COVERAGE_FILE = {env:COVERAGE_FILE:{toxworkdir}/.coverage.{envname}}
   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK = 1
   PRE_COMMIT_COLOR = always