diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_loaded_plugin.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_loaded_plugin.py
index 01705e8b13..444aeb24c1 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_loaded_plugin.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_loaded_plugin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pyblish.api
 import maya.cmds as cmds
 import openpype.api
+import os
 
 
 class ValidateLoadedPlugin(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
@@ -15,9 +16,16 @@ class ValidateLoadedPlugin(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
     def get_invalid(cls, context):
 
         invalid = []
+        loaded_plugin = cmds.pluginInfo(query=True, listPlugins=True)
+        # get variable from OpenPype settings
+        whitelist_native_plugins = cls.whitelist_native_plugins
+        authorized_plugins = cls.authorized_plugins or []
 
-        for plugin in context.data.get("loadedPlugins"):
-            if plugin not in cls.authorized_plugins:
+        for plugin in loaded_plugin:
+            if not whitelist_native_plugins and os.getenv('MAYA_LOCATION') \
+                in cmds.pluginInfo(plugin, query=True, path=True):
+                continue
+            if plugin not in authorized_plugins:
                 invalid.append(plugin)
 
         return invalid
@@ -35,4 +43,5 @@ class ValidateLoadedPlugin(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
         """Unload forbidden plugins"""
 
         for plugin in cls.get_invalid(context):
+            cmds.pluginInfo(plugin, edit=True, autoload=False)
             cmds.unloadPlugin(plugin, force=True)
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index b19d544fed..56496e05d0 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -171,52 +171,8 @@
         },
         "ValidateLoadedPlugin": {
             "enabled": false,
-            "authorized_plugins": [
-                "stereoCamera",
-                "svgFileTranslator",
-                "invertShape",
-                "mayaHIK",
-                "GamePipeline",
-                "curveWarp",
-                "tiffFloatReader",
-                "MASH",
-                "poseInterpolator",
-                "ATFPlugin",
-                "hairPhysicalShader",
-                "cacheEvaluator",
-                "ikSpringSolver",
-                "ik2Bsolver",
-                "xgenToolkit",
-                "AbcExport",
-                "retargeterNodes",
-                "gameFbxExporter",
-                "VectorRender",
-                "OpenEXRLoader",
-                "lookdevKit",
-                "Unfold3D",
-                "Type",
-                "mayaCharacterization",
-                "meshReorder",
-                "modelingToolkit",
-                "MayaMuscle",
-                "rotateHelper",
-                "dx11Shader",
-                "matrixNodes",
-                "AbcImport",
-                "autoLoader",
-                "deformerEvaluator",
-                "sceneAssembly",
-                "gpuCache",
-                "OneClick",
-                "shaderFXPlugin",
-                "objExport",
-                "renderSetup",
-                "GPUBuiltInDeformer",
-                "ArubaTessellator",
-                "quatNodes",
-                "fbxmaya",
-                "Turtle"
-            ]
+            "whitelist_native_plugins": false,
+            "authorized_plugins": []
         },
         "ValidateRenderSettings": {
             "arnold_render_attributes": [],
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 e2df6654f2..8379f04556 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
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@
                     "key": "enabled",
                     "label": "Enabled"
                 },
+                {
+                    "type": "boolean",
+                    "key": "whitelist_native_plugins",
+                    "label": "Whitelist Maya Native Plugins"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "list",
                     "key": "authorized_plugins",