diff --git a/cmd/srpmproc/main.go b/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
index 424c3f0..5223002 100644
--- a/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
+++ b/cmd/srpmproc/main.go
@@ -42,26 +42,27 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	sourceRpm           string
-	sshKeyLocation      string
-	sshUser             string
-	upstreamPrefix      string
-	version             int
-	storageAddr         string
-	gitCommitterName    string
-	gitCommitterEmail   string
-	modulePrefix        string
-	rpmPrefix           string
-	importBranchPrefix  string
-	branchPrefix        string
-	singleTag           string
-	noDupMode           bool
-	moduleMode          bool
-	tmpFsMode           string
-	noStorageDownload   bool
-	noStorageUpload     bool
-	manualCommits       string
-	upstreamPrefixHttps string
+	sourceRpm            string
+	sshKeyLocation       string
+	sshUser              string
+	upstreamPrefix       string
+	version              int
+	storageAddr          string
+	gitCommitterName     string
+	gitCommitterEmail    string
+	modulePrefix         string
+	rpmPrefix            string
+	importBranchPrefix   string
+	branchPrefix         string
+	singleTag            string
+	noDupMode            bool
+	moduleMode           bool
+	tmpFsMode            string
+	noStorageDownload    bool
+	noStorageUpload      bool
+	manualCommits        string
+	upstreamPrefixHttps  string
+	moduleFallbackStream string
 )
 
 var root = &cobra.Command{
@@ -145,28 +146,29 @@ func mn(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	}
 
 	internal.ProcessRPM(&data.ProcessData{
-		Importer:            importer,
-		RpmLocation:         sourceRpmLocation,
-		UpstreamPrefix:      upstreamPrefix,
-		SshKeyLocation:      sshKeyLocation,
-		SshUser:             sshUser,
-		Version:             version,
-		BlobStorage:         blobStorage,
-		GitCommitterName:    gitCommitterName,
-		GitCommitterEmail:   gitCommitterEmail,
-		ModulePrefix:        modulePrefix,
-		ImportBranchPrefix:  importBranchPrefix,
-		BranchPrefix:        branchPrefix,
-		SingleTag:           singleTag,
-		Authenticator:       authenticator,
-		NoDupMode:           noDupMode,
-		ModuleMode:          moduleMode,
-		TmpFsMode:           tmpFsMode,
-		NoStorageDownload:   noStorageDownload,
-		NoStorageUpload:     noStorageUpload,
-		ManualCommits:       manualCs,
-		UpstreamPrefixHttps: upstreamPrefixHttps,
-		FsCreator:           fsCreator,
+		Importer:             importer,
+		RpmLocation:          sourceRpmLocation,
+		UpstreamPrefix:       upstreamPrefix,
+		SshKeyLocation:       sshKeyLocation,
+		SshUser:              sshUser,
+		Version:              version,
+		BlobStorage:          blobStorage,
+		GitCommitterName:     gitCommitterName,
+		GitCommitterEmail:    gitCommitterEmail,
+		ModulePrefix:         modulePrefix,
+		ImportBranchPrefix:   importBranchPrefix,
+		BranchPrefix:         branchPrefix,
+		SingleTag:            singleTag,
+		Authenticator:        authenticator,
+		NoDupMode:            noDupMode,
+		ModuleMode:           moduleMode,
+		TmpFsMode:            tmpFsMode,
+		NoStorageDownload:    noStorageDownload,
+		NoStorageUpload:      noStorageUpload,
+		ManualCommits:        manualCs,
+		UpstreamPrefixHttps:  upstreamPrefixHttps,
+		ModuleFallbackStream: moduleFallbackStream,
+		FsCreator:            fsCreator,
 	})
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +198,7 @@ func main() {
 	root.Flags().BoolVar(&noStorageUpload, "no-storage-upload", false, "If enabled, blobs are not uploaded to blob storage")
 	root.Flags().StringVar(&manualCommits, "manual-commits", "", "Comma separated branch and commit list for packages with broken release tags (Format: BRANCH:HASH)")
 	root.Flags().StringVar(&upstreamPrefixHttps, "upstream-prefix-https", "", "Web version of upstream prefix. Required if module-mode")
+	root.Flags().StringVar(&moduleFallbackStream, "module-fallback-stream", "", "Override fallback stream. Some module packages are published as collections and mostly use the same stream name, some of them deviate from the main stream")
 
 	if err := root.Execute(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/internal/data/process.go b/internal/data/process.go
index 26b637a..5a9ef15 100644
--- a/internal/data/process.go
+++ b/internal/data/process.go
@@ -27,27 +27,28 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ProcessData struct {
-	RpmLocation         string
-	UpstreamPrefix      string
-	SshKeyLocation      string
-	SshUser             string
-	Version             int
-	GitCommitterName    string
-	GitCommitterEmail   string
-	Mode                int
-	ModulePrefix        string
-	ImportBranchPrefix  string
-	BranchPrefix        string
-	SingleTag           string
-	Authenticator       *ssh.PublicKeys
-	Importer            ImportMode
-	BlobStorage         blob.Storage
-	NoDupMode           bool
-	ModuleMode          bool
-	TmpFsMode           string
-	NoStorageDownload   bool
-	NoStorageUpload     bool
-	ManualCommits       []string
-	UpstreamPrefixHttps string
-	FsCreator           func(branch string) billy.Filesystem
+	RpmLocation          string
+	UpstreamPrefix       string
+	SshKeyLocation       string
+	SshUser              string
+	Version              int
+	GitCommitterName     string
+	GitCommitterEmail    string
+	Mode                 int
+	ModulePrefix         string
+	ImportBranchPrefix   string
+	BranchPrefix         string
+	SingleTag            string
+	Authenticator        *ssh.PublicKeys
+	Importer             ImportMode
+	BlobStorage          blob.Storage
+	NoDupMode            bool
+	ModuleMode           bool
+	TmpFsMode            string
+	NoStorageDownload    bool
+	NoStorageUpload      bool
+	ManualCommits        []string
+	UpstreamPrefixHttps  string
+	ModuleFallbackStream string
+	FsCreator            func(branch string) billy.Filesystem
 }
diff --git a/internal/patch.go b/internal/patch.go
index ff945d4..8fd22dc 100644
--- a/internal/patch.go
+++ b/internal/patch.go
@@ -263,34 +263,45 @@ func patchModuleYaml(pd *data.ProcessData, md *data.ModeData) {
 		log.Printf("\t- %s", name)
 	}
 
+	defaultBranch := md.PushBranch
+	if pd.ModuleFallbackStream != "" {
+		defaultBranch = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d-stream-%s", pd.BranchPrefix, pd.Version, pd.ModuleFallbackStream)
+	}
+
 	for name, rpm := range module.Data.Components.Rpms {
 		var tipHash string
 		var pushBranch string
+
 		split := strings.Split(rpm.Ref, "-")
 		// TODO: maybe point to correct release tag? but refer to latest for now,
 		// we're bootstrapping a new distro for latest RHEL8 anyways. So earlier
 		// versions are not that important
 		if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "stream-rhel-rhel-") {
-			pushBranch = md.PushBranch
+			pushBranch = defaultBranch
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "stream-rhel-") {
 			repString := fmt.Sprintf("%s%ss-", pd.BranchPrefix, string(split[4][0]))
 			newString := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s-", pd.BranchPrefix, string(split[4][0]))
 			pushBranch = strings.Replace(md.PushBranch, repString, newString, 1)
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "stream-") && len(split) == 2 {
-			pushBranch = md.PushBranch
+			pushBranch = defaultBranch
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "stream-") && len(split) == 3 {
 			// example: ant
 			pushBranch = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d-stream-%s", pd.BranchPrefix, pd.Version, split[2])
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "stream-") {
 			pushBranch = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s-stream-%s", pd.BranchPrefix, string(split[3][0]), split[1])
 		} else if strings.HasPrefix(rpm.Ref, "rhel-") {
-			pushBranch = md.PushBranch
+			pushBranch = defaultBranch
 		} else {
 			log.Fatal("could not recognize modulemd ref")
 		}
 
 		rpm.Ref = pushBranch
 		tipHash = getTipStream(pd, name, pushBranch, md.PushBranch, 0)
+		if tipHash == "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" {
+			pushBranch = defaultBranch
+			rpm.Ref = pushBranch
+			tipHash = getTipStream(pd, name, pushBranch, md.PushBranch, 0)
+		}
 
 		err = module.Marshal(md.Worktree.Filesystem, mdTxtPath)
 		if err != nil {