diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
index 5d5cb6f886..618f2749a4 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class CollectLook(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
             self.collect(instance)
 
         # make ftrack publishable
+        self.maketx = instance.data.get('maketx', True)
         instance.data['maketx'] = self.maketx
         self.log.info('maketx: {}'.format(self.maketx))