diff --git a/awx/main/conf.py b/awx/main/conf.py
index 7db0737acf..18f6e4026a 100644
--- a/awx/main/conf.py
+++ b/awx/main/conf.py
@@ -328,6 +328,16 @@ register(
     category_slug='jobs',
 )
 
+register(
+    'AWX_COLLECTIONS_ENABLED',
+    field_class=fields.BooleanField,
+    default=True,
+    label=_('Enable Collection(s) Download'),
+    help_text=_('Allows collections to be dynamically downloaded from a requirements.yml file for SCM projects.'),
+    category=_('Jobs'),
+    category_slug='jobs',
+)
+
 register(
     'STDOUT_MAX_BYTES_DISPLAY',
     field_class=fields.IntegerField,
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks.py b/awx/main/tasks.py
index bc47149dfb..b1308d8972 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks.py
@@ -1475,6 +1475,8 @@ class RunJob(BaseTask):
             if authorize:
                 env['ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS'] = network_cred.get_input('authorize_password', default='')
 
+        env['ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS'] = os.path.join(private_data_dir, 'requirements_collections')
+
         return env
 
     def build_args(self, job, private_data_dir, passwords):
@@ -1781,6 +1783,10 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
             credential = project_update.credential
             if credential.has_input('ssh_key_data'):
                 private_data['credentials'][credential] = credential.get_input('ssh_key_data', default='')
+
+        # Create dir where collections will live for the job run
+        if project_update.job_type != 'check' and getattr(self, 'job_private_data_dir'):
+            os.mkdir(os.path.join(self.job_private_data_dir, 'requirements_collections'), stat.S_IREAD | stat.S_IWRITE | stat.S_IEXEC)
         return private_data
 
     def build_passwords(self, project_update, runtime_passwords):
@@ -1893,8 +1899,11 @@ class RunProjectUpdate(BaseTask):
             'scm_clean': project_update.scm_clean,
             'scm_delete_on_update': project_update.scm_delete_on_update if project_update.job_type == 'check' else False,
             'scm_full_checkout': True if project_update.job_type == 'run' else False,
-            'roles_enabled': getattr(settings, 'AWX_ROLES_ENABLED', True) if project_update.job_type != 'check' else False
+            'roles_enabled': getattr(settings, 'AWX_ROLES_ENABLED', True) if project_update.job_type != 'check' else False,
+            'collections_enabled': getattr(settings, 'AWX_COLLECTIONS_ENABLED', True) if project_update.job_type != 'check' else False,
         })
+        if project_update.job_type != 'check':
+            extra_vars['collections_destination'] = os.path.join(self.job_private_data_dir, 'requirements_collections')
         # apply custom refspec from user for PR refs and the like
         if project_update.scm_refspec:
             extra_vars['scm_refspec'] = project_update.scm_refspec
diff --git a/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml b/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
index 8143955f96..9964fcc38a 100644
--- a/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
+++ b/awx/playbooks/project_update.yml
@@ -135,3 +135,18 @@
 
       when: roles_enabled|bool
       delegate_to: localhost
+
+    - block:
+      # TODO: don't run this if ansible verison doens't support collections
+      - name: detect collections/requirements.yml
+        stat: path={{project_path|quote}}/collections/requirements.yml
+        register: doesCollectionRequirementsExist
+
+      - name: fetch galaxy collections from collections/requirements.yml
+        command: ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml -p {{collections_destination|quote}}
+        args:
+          chdir: "{{project_path|quote}}/collections"
+        register: galaxy_collection_result
+
+      when: collections_enabled|bool
+      delegate_to: localhost
diff --git a/awx/settings/defaults.py b/awx/settings/defaults.py
index 0ea3dd6746..b9274c62f4 100644
--- a/awx/settings/defaults.py
+++ b/awx/settings/defaults.py
@@ -604,6 +604,11 @@ ALLOW_JINJA_IN_EXTRA_VARS = 'template'
 # Note: This setting may be overridden by database settings.
 AWX_ROLES_ENABLED = True
 
+# Enable dynamically pulling collections from a requirement.yml file
+# when updating SCM projects
+# Note: This setting may be overridden by database settings.
+AWX_COLLECTIONS_ENABLED = True
+
 # Enable bubblewrap support for running jobs (playbook runs only).
 # Note: This setting may be overridden by database settings.
 AWX_PROOT_ENABLED = True