diff --git a/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_model.py b/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_model.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3902a2868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/plugins/publish/collect_fbx_model.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import pyblish.api
+from ayon_core.pipeline import OptionalPyblishPluginMixin
+from ayon_maya.api import plugin
+
+
+
+class CollectFbxModel(plugin.MayaInstancePlugin,
+                      OptionalPyblishPluginMixin):
+    """Collect Camera for FBX export."""
+
+    order = pyblish.api.CollectorOrder + 0.2
+    label = "Collect Fbx Model"
+    families = ["model"]
+    optional = True
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        if not self.is_active(instance.data):
+            return
+
+        if not instance.data.get("families"):
+            instance.data["families"] = []
+
+        if "fbx" not in instance.data["families"]:
+            instance.data["families"].append("fbx")
+
+        for key in {
+            "bakeComplexAnimation", "bakeResampleAnimation",
+            "skins", "constraints", "lights"}:
+                instance.data[key] = False
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/version.py b/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/version.py
index 1f53dfa492..80af287e97 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/version.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/client/ayon_maya/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Package declaring AYON addon 'maya' version."""
-__version__ = "0.2.7"
+__version__ = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/package.py b/server_addon/maya/package.py
index 47aa8a4c0d..b2d0622493 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/package.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/package.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "maya"
 title = "Maya"
-version = "0.2.7"
+version = "0.2.8"
 client_dir = "ayon_maya"
 
 ayon_required_addons = {
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
index 9c552e17fa..6a127cc998 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/publishers.py
@@ -625,6 +625,10 @@ class PublishersModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         default_factory=CollectFbxCameraModel,
         title="Collect Camera for FBX export",
     )
+    CollectFbxModel: BasicValidateModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=BasicValidateModel,
+        title="Collect Model for FBX export",
+    )
     CollectGLTF: CollectGLTFModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=CollectGLTFModel,
         title="Collect Assets for GLB/GLTF export"
@@ -1047,6 +1051,11 @@ DEFAULT_PUBLISH_SETTINGS = {
     "CollectFbxCamera": {
         "enabled": False
     },
+    "CollectFbxModel": {
+        "enabled": False,
+        "optional": True,
+        "active": True
+    },
     "CollectGLTF": {
         "enabled": False
     },