diff --git a/openpype/hosts/blender/api/lib.py b/openpype/hosts/blender/api/lib.py
index 9bb560c364..2f33fd25ad 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/blender/api/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/blender/api/lib.py
@@ -266,9 +266,57 @@ def read(node: bpy.types.bpy_struct_meta_idprop):
     return data
 
 
-def get_selection() -> List[bpy.types.Object]:
-    """Return the selected objects from the current scene."""
-    return [obj for obj in bpy.context.scene.objects if obj.select_get()]
+def get_selected_collections():
+    """
+    Returns a list of the currently selected collections in the outliner.
+
+    Raises:
+        RuntimeError: If the outliner cannot be found in the main Blender
+        window.
+
+    Returns:
+        list: A list of `bpy.types.Collection` objects that are currently
+        selected in the outliner.
+    """
+    try:
+        area = next(
+            area for area in bpy.context.window.screen.areas
+            if area.type == 'OUTLINER')
+        region = next(
+            region for region in area.regions
+            if region.type == 'WINDOW')
+    except StopIteration as e:
+        raise RuntimeError("Could not find outliner. An outliner space "
+                            "must be in the main Blender window.") from e
+
+    with bpy.context.temp_override(
+        window=bpy.context.window,
+        area=area,
+        region=region,
+        screen=bpy.context.window.screen
+    ):
+        ids = bpy.context.selected_ids
+
+    return [id for id in ids if isinstance(id, bpy.types.Collection)]
+
+
+def get_selection(include_collections: bool = False) -> List[bpy.types.Object]:
+    """
+    Returns a list of selected objects in the current Blender scene.
+
+    Args:
+        include_collections (bool, optional): Whether to include selected
+        collections in the result. Defaults to False.
+
+    Returns:
+        List[bpy.types.Object]: A list of selected objects.
+    """
+    selection =  [obj for obj in bpy.context.scene.objects if obj.select_get()]
+
+    if include_collections:
+        selection.extend(get_selected_collections())
+
+    return selection
 
 
 @contextlib.contextmanager
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/create/create_blendScene.py b/openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/create/create_blendScene.py
index 791e741ca7..bb57a16888 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/create/create_blendScene.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/blender/plugins/create/create_blendScene.py
@@ -40,29 +40,13 @@ class CreateBlendScene(plugin.Creator):
         self.data['task'] = get_current_task_name()
         lib.imprint(asset_group, self.data)
 
-        try:
-            area = next(
-                area for area in bpy.context.window.screen.areas
-                if area.type == 'OUTLINER')
-            region = next(
-                region for region in area.regions
-                if region.type == 'WINDOW')
-        except StopIteration as e:
-            raise RuntimeError("Could not find outliner. An outliner space "
-                               "must be in the main Blender window.") from e
+        if (self.options or {}).get("useSelection"):
+            selection = lib.get_selection(include_collections=True)
 
-        with bpy.context.temp_override(
-            window=bpy.context.window,
-            area=area,
-            region=region,
-            screen=bpy.context.window.screen
-        ):
-            ids = bpy.context.selected_ids
-
-        for id in ids:
-            if isinstance(id, bpy.types.Collection):
-                asset_group.children.link(id)
-            elif isinstance(id, bpy.types.Object):
-                asset_group.objects.link(id)
+            for data in selection:
+                if isinstance(data, bpy.types.Collection):
+                    asset_group.children.link(data)
+                elif isinstance(data, bpy.types.Object):
+                    asset_group.objects.link(data)
 
         return asset_group