diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/blender.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/blender.json
index 20eec0c09d..0b3f38a40f 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/blender.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/blender.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+    "base_file_unit_scale": 0.01,
     "imageio": {
         "ocio_config": {
             "enabled": false,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_blender.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_blender.json
index 725d9bfb08..00414b3210 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_blender.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_blender.json
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
     "label": "Blender",
     "is_file": true,
     "children": [
+        {
+            "key": "base_file_unit_scale",
+            "type": "number",
+            "label": "Base File Unit Scale",
+            "decimal": 2
+        },
         {
             "key": "imageio",
             "type": "dict",