diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
index 0c899a500c..5c598df94b 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_nuke_deadline.py
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ class NukeSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
                 "use_gpu",
                 default=cls.use_gpu,
                 label="Use GPU"
+            ),
+            BoolDef(
+                "suspend_publish",
+                default=False,
+                label="Suspend publish"
             )
         ]
 
@@ -87,6 +92,10 @@ class NukeSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin,
         instance.data["attributeValues"] = self.get_attr_values_from_data(
             instance.data)
 
+        # add suspend_publish attributeValue to instance data
+        instance.data["suspend_publish"] = instance.data["attributeValues"][
+            "suspend_publish"]
+
         instance.data["toBeRenderedOn"] = "deadline"
         families = instance.data["families"]