diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index 3228151ff7..59f931c84e 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ class CollectMayaRender(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
                     common_publish_meta_path, part)
                 if part == expected_layer_name:
                     break
-            
-            # TODO: replace this terrible linux hotfix with real solution :) 
-            if platform.system() == "Linux":
+
+            # TODO: replace this terrible linux hotfix with real solution :)
+            if platform.system().lower() in ["linux", "darwin"]:
                 common_publish_meta_path = "/" + common_publish_meta_path
 
             self.log.info(