diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/playbookdir_coll_adj_fix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/playbookdir_coll_adj_fix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88167dbfa6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/playbookdir_coll_adj_fix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - Add missing directory provided via ``--playbook-dir`` to adjacent collection loading
diff --git a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
index 37fc2fee483..9f87c7e88da 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/cli/__init__.py
@@ -15,20 +15,21 @@ import sys
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
 
+from ansible.cli.arguments import option_helpers as opt_help
 from ansible import constants as C
 from ansible import context
-from ansible.cli.arguments import option_helpers as opt_help
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
 from ansible.inventory.manager import InventoryManager
 from ansible.module_utils.six import with_metaclass, string_types
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_text
 from ansible.parsing.dataloader import DataLoader
+from ansible.parsing.vault import PromptVaultSecret, get_file_vault_secret
+from ansible.plugins.loader import add_all_plugin_dirs
 from ansible.release import __version__
+from ansible.utils.collection_loader import set_collection_playbook_paths
 from ansible.utils.display import Display
 from ansible.utils.path import unfrackpath
 from ansible.vars.manager import VariableManager
-from ansible.parsing.vault import PromptVaultSecret, get_file_vault_secret
-from ansible.plugins.loader import add_all_plugin_dirs
 
 try:
     import argcomplete
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ class CLI(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
         if basedir:
             loader.set_basedir(basedir)
             add_all_plugin_dirs(basedir)
+            set_collection_playbook_paths(basedir)
 
         vault_ids = list(options['vault_ids'])
         default_vault_ids = C.DEFAULT_VAULT_IDENTITY_LIST
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/collections/runme.sh b/test/integration/targets/collections/runme.sh
index 47358752690..03415e1ac0b 100755
--- a/test/integration/targets/collections/runme.sh
+++ b/test/integration/targets/collections/runme.sh
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ fi
 
 # run test playbook
 ansible-playbook -i "${INVENTORY_PATH}"  -i ./a.statichost.yml -v "${TEST_PLAYBOOK}"
+
+# test adjacent with --playbook-dir
+export ANSIBLE_COLLECTIONS_PATHS=''
+ANSIBLE_INVENTORY_ANY_UNPARSED_IS_FAILED=1 ansible-inventory -i a.statichost.yml --list --export --playbook-dir=. -v "$@"