diff --git a/keyring/backends/libsecret.py b/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
index 9142fd3e..5b4fbd96 100644
--- a/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
+++ b/keyring/backends/libsecret.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def get_password(self, service, username):
 
     def set_password(self, service, username, password):
         """Set password for the username of the service"""
-        collection = Secret.COLLECTION_DEFAULT
+        collection = getattr(self, 'preferred_collection', Secret.COLLECTION_DEFAULT)
         attributes = {
             "application": self.appid,
             "service": service,
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py b/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
index 9b8a633a..a4cf7901 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_libsecret.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def init_keyring(self):
             "password prompts are for this keyring"
         )
         keyring = libsecret.Keyring()
+        keyring.preferred_collection = 'session'
         return keyring