diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
index a9021831b6..fee6581dd8 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+import re
+
 from maya import cmds
+from maya import OpenMaya as om
+
+import maya.app.renderSetup.model.renderSetup as renderSetup
 
 import pyblish.api
 
@@ -15,10 +20,99 @@ class CollectMayaRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
     families = ["render"]
 
     def process(self, instance):
-        layers = instance.data['setMembers']
-        self.log.debug('layers: {}'.format(layers))
+        collected_render_layers = instance.data['setMembers']
+
+        self._rs = renderSetup.instance()
+        maya_render_layers = {l.name(): l for l in self._rs.getRenderLayers()}
+
+        self.maya_layers = maya_render_layers
+
+        for layer in collected_render_layers:
+            # every layer in set should start with `LAYER_` prefix
+            try:
+                expected_layer_name = re.search(r"^LAYER_(.*)", layer).group(1)
+            except IndexError:
+                msg = ("Invalid layer name in set [ {} ]".format(layer))
+                self.log.warnig(msg)
+                continue
+
+            # check if layer is part of renderSetup
+            if expected_layer_name not in maya_render_layers:
+                msg = ("Render layer [ {} ] is not in "
+                       "Render Setup".format(expected_layer_name))
+                self.log.warning(msg)
+                continue
+
+            # check if layer is renderable
+            if not maya_render_layers[expected_layer_name].isRenderable():
+                msg = ("Render layer [ {} ] is not "
+                       "renderable".format(expected_layer_name))
+                self.log.warning(msg)
+                continue
 
-        for layer in layers:
             # test if there are sets (subsets) to attach render to
-            sets = cmds.ls(layer, long=True, dag=True, sets=True)
+            sets = cmds.ls(expected_layer_name, long=True, dag=True, sets=True)
             self.log.debug(sets)
+
+            # Get layer specific settings, might be overrides
+            data = {
+                "subset": expected_layer_name,
+                "setMembers": layer,
+                "publish": True,
+                "frameStart": self.get_render_attribute("startFrame",
+                                                        layer=layer),
+                "frameEnd": self.get_render_attribute("endFrame",
+                                                      layer=layer),
+                "byFrameStep": self.get_render_attribute("byFrameStep",
+                                                         layer=layer),
+                "renderer": self.get_render_attribute("currentRenderer",
+                                                      layer=layer),
+
+                # instance subset
+                "family": "Render Layers",
+                "families": ["renderlayer"],
+                "asset": asset,
+                "time": api.time(),
+                "author": context.data["user"],
+
+                # Add source to allow tracing back to the scene from
+                # which was submitted originally
+                "source": filepath
+            }
+
+            # Apply each user defined attribute as data
+            for attr in cmds.listAttr(layer, userDefined=True) or list():
+                try:
+                    value = cmds.getAttr("{}.{}".format(layer, attr))
+                except Exception:
+                    # Some attributes cannot be read directly,
+                    # such as mesh and color attributes. These
+                    # are considered non-essential to this
+                    # particular publishing pipeline.
+                    value = None
+
+                data[attr] = value
+
+            # Include (optional) global settings
+            # TODO(marcus): Take into account layer overrides
+            # Get global overrides and translate to Deadline values
+            overrides = self.parse_options(render_globals)
+            data.update(**overrides)
+
+            # Define nice label
+            label = "{0} ({1})".format(layername, data["asset"])
+            label += "  [{0}-{1}]".format(int(data["frameStart"]),
+                                          int(data["frameEnd"]))
+
+            instance = context.create_instance(layername)
+            instance.data["label"] = label
+            instance.data.update(data)
+        pass
+
+    def get_attributes(self, layer, attribute):
+
+        pass
+
+    def _get_overrides(self, layer):
+        rset = self.maya_layers[layer].renderSettingsCollectionInstance()
+        return rset.getOverrides()