diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
index 20af8d2315..38cf65f006 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_camera_contents.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class ValidateCameraContents(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     hosts = ['maya']
     label = 'Camera Contents'
     actions = [openpype.hosts.maya.api.action.SelectInvalidAction]
+    validate_shapes = True
 
     @classmethod
     def get_invalid(cls, instance):
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ class ValidateCameraContents(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
                 raise RuntimeError("No cameras found in empty instance.")
 
+        if not cls.validate_shapes:
+            return
         # non-camera shapes
         valid_shapes = cmds.ls(shapes, type=('camera', 'locator'), long=True)
         shapes = set(shapes) - set(valid_shapes)
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index efd22e13c8..b39beeb305 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -413,6 +413,11 @@
             "optional": true,
             "active": true
         },
+        "ValidateCameraContents": {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "optional": true,
+            "validate_shapes": true
+        },
         "ExtractPlayblast": {
             "capture_preset": {
                 "Codec": {
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
index 9877b5ff0d..dca0e85acb 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_publish.json
@@ -570,6 +570,30 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "dict",
+            "collapsible": true,
+            "key": "ValidateCameraContents",
+            "label": "Validate Camera Content",
+            "checkbox_key": "enabled",
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "enabled",
+                    "label": "Enabled"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "optional",
+                    "label": "Optional"
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "validate_shapes",
+                    "label": "Validate presence of shapes"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "splitter"
         },