diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
index c2ed1eeaf0..308612e42e 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_rendersettings.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Maya validator for render settings."""
 import re
+from collections import OrderedDict
 
 from maya import cmds, mel
 
@@ -213,6 +214,44 @@ class ValidateRenderSettings(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             cls.log.error("Expecting padding of {} ( {} )".format(
                 cls.DEFAULT_PADDING, "0" * cls.DEFAULT_PADDING))
 
+        # load validation definitions from settings
+        validation_settings = (
+            instance.context.data["project_settings"]["maya"]["publish"]["ValidateRenderSettings"].get(
+                "{}_render_attributes".format(renderer))
+        )
+        from pprint import pprint
+        pprint(validation_settings)
+        # go through definitions and test if such node.attribute exists.
+        # if so, compare its value from the one required.
+        for attr, value in OrderedDict(validation_settings).items():
+            # first get node of that type
+            cls.log.debug("{}: {}".format(attr, value))
+            node_type = attr.split(".")[0]
+            attribute_name = ".".join(attr.split(".")[1:])
+            nodes = cmds.ls(type=node_type)
+
+            if not isinstance(nodes, list):
+                cls.log.warning("No nodes of '{}' found.".format(node_type))
+                continue
+
+            for node in nodes:
+                try:
+                    render_value = cmds.getAttr(
+                        "{}.{}".format(node, attribute_name))
+                except RuntimeError as e:
+                    invalid = True
+                    cls.log.error(
+                        "Cannot get value of {}.{}".format(
+                            node, attribute_name))
+                else:
+                    if value != render_value:
+                        invalid = True
+                        cls.log.error(
+                            ("Invalid value {} set on {}.{}. "
+                             "Expecting {}").format(
+                                render_value, node, attribute_name, value)
+                        )
+
         return invalid
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 8600e49518..779b8bb3f3 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@
             "enabled": false,
             "attributes": {}
         },
+        "ValidateRenderSettings": {
+            "arnold_render_attributes": [],
+            "vray_render_attributes": [],
+            "redshift_render_attributes": [],
+            "renderman_render_attributes": []
+        },
         "ValidateModelName": {
             "enabled": false,
             "material_file": {
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 b737dcda70..4cabf5bb74 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
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
             "children": [
                 {
                     "type": "dict-modifiable",
+                    "store_as_list": true,
                     "key": "arnold_render_attributes",
                     "label": "Arnold Render Attributes",
                     "use_label_wrap": true,
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "dict-modifiable",
+                    "store_as_list": true,
                     "key": "vray_render_attributes",
                     "label": "Vray Render Attributes",
                     "use_label_wrap": true,
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "dict-modifiable",
+                    "store_as_list": true,
                     "key": "redshift_render_attributes",
                     "label": "Redshift Render Attributes",
                     "use_label_wrap": true,
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "type": "dict-modifiable",
+                    "store_as_list": true,
                     "key": "renderman_render_attributes",
                     "label": "Renderman Render Attributes",
                     "use_label_wrap": true,