diff --git a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_yeti_rig.py b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_yeti_rig.py
index bf9525bae3..7444566ee1 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_yeti_rig.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_yeti_rig.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+from typing import List
+
 import maya.cmds as cmds
 
 from ayon_core.hosts.maya.api import plugin
 from ayon_core.hosts.maya.api import lib
 
+from ayon_core.pipeline import registered_host
+from ayon_core.pipeline.create import CreateContext
+
 
 class YetiRigLoader(plugin.ReferenceLoader):
     """This loader will load Yeti rig."""
@@ -15,6 +20,9 @@ class YetiRigLoader(plugin.ReferenceLoader):
     icon = "code-fork"
     color = "orange"
 
+    # From settings
+    create_cache_instance_on_load = True
+
     def process_reference(
         self, context, name=None, namespace=None, options=None
     ):
@@ -49,4 +57,41 @@ class YetiRigLoader(plugin.ReferenceLoader):
             )
         self[:] = nodes
 
+        if self.create_cache_instance_on_load:
+            # Automatically create in instance to allow publishing the loaded
+            # yeti rig into a yeti cache
+            self._create_yeti_cache_instance(nodes, variant=namespace)
+
         return nodes
+
+    def _create_yeti_cache_instance(self, nodes: List[str], variant: str):
+        """Create a yeticache product type instance to publish the output.
+
+        This is similar to how loading animation rig will automatically create
+        an animation instance for publishing any loaded character rigs, but
+        then for yeti rigs.
+
+        Args:
+            nodes (List[str]): Nodes generated on load.
+            variant (str): Variant for the yeti cache instance to create.
+
+        """
+
+        # Find the roots amongst the loaded nodes
+        yeti_nodes = cmds.ls(nodes, type="pgYetiMaya", long=True)
+        assert yeti_nodes, "No pgYetiMaya nodes in rig, this is a bug."
+
+        self.log.info("Creating variant: {}".format(variant))
+
+        creator_identifier = "io.openpype.creators.maya.yeticache"
+
+        host = registered_host()
+        create_context = CreateContext(host)
+
+        with lib.maintained_selection():
+            cmds.select(yeti_nodes, noExpand=True)
+            create_context.create(
+                creator_identifier=creator_identifier,
+                variant=variant,
+                pre_create_data={"use_selection": True}
+            )
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/loaders.py b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/loaders.py
index f59711b1e6..2f104d2858 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/server/settings/loaders.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/server/settings/loaders.py
@@ -103,6 +103,17 @@ class ImportLoaderModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     group_name: str = SettingsField(title="Group name")
 
 
+class YetiRigLoaderModel(LoaderEnabledModel):
+    create_cache_instance_on_load: bool = SettingsField(
+        title="Create Yeti Cache instance on load",
+        description=(
+            "When enabled, upon loading a Yeti Rig product a new Yeti cache "
+            "instance is automatically created as preparation to publishing "
+            "the output directly."
+        )
+    )
+
+
 class LoadersModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     colors: ColorsSetting = SettingsField(
         default_factory=ColorsSetting,
@@ -195,8 +206,8 @@ class LoadersModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         default_factory=LoaderEnabledModel,
         title="Yeti Cache Loader"
     )
-    YetiRigLoader: LoaderEnabledModel = SettingsField(
-        default_factory=LoaderEnabledModel,
+    YetiRigLoader: YetiRigLoaderModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=YetiRigLoaderModel,
         title="Yeti Rig Loader"
     )
 
@@ -266,5 +277,8 @@ DEFAULT_LOADERS_SETTING = {
     "VRaySceneLoader": {"enabled": True},
     "XgenLoader": {"enabled": True},
     "YetiCacheLoader": {"enabled": True},
-    "YetiRigLoader": {"enabled": True},
+    "YetiRigLoader": {
+        "enabled": True,
+        "create_cache_instance_on_load": True
+    },
 }
diff --git a/server_addon/maya/server/version.py b/server_addon/maya/server/version.py
index 75b463f198..c1b7ff9d79 100644
--- a/server_addon/maya/server/version.py
+++ b/server_addon/maya/server/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Package declaring addon version."""
-__version__ = "0.1.15"
+__version__ = "0.1.16"