diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index c3e6c98020..0d45ad4f9e 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ class CollectMayaRender(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
 
             instance = context.create_instance(expected_layer_name)
             instance.data["label"] = label
+            instance.data["farm"] = True
             instance.data.update(data)
             self.log.debug("data: {}".format(json.dumps(data, indent=4)))