diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
index a53ae14914..6a61f2f5c3 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/global.json
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@
                     "textures"
                 ]
             }
+        },
+        "loader": {
+            "family_filter_profiles": [
+                {
+                    "hosts": [],
+                    "task_types": [],
+                    "filter_families": []
+                }
+            ]
         }
     },
     "project_folder_structure": "{\"__project_root__\": {\"prod\": {}, \"resources\": {\"footage\": {\"plates\": {}, \"offline\": {}}, \"audio\": {}, \"art_dept\": {}}, \"editorial\": {}, \"assets[ftrack.Library]\": {\"characters[ftrack]\": {}, \"locations[ftrack]\": {}}, \"shots[ftrack.Sequence]\": {\"scripts\": {}, \"editorial[ftrack.Folder]\": {}}}}",
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_tools.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_tools.json
index 245560f115..8382bfe3f6 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_tools.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_global_tools.json
@@ -190,6 +190,48 @@
                     }
                 }
             ]
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "dict",
+            "collapsible": true,
+            "key": "loader",
+            "label": "Loader",
+            "children": [
+                {
+                    "type": "list",
+                    "key": "family_filter_profiles",
+                    "label": "Family filtering",
+                    "use_label_wrap": true,
+                    "object_type": {
+                        "type": "dict",
+                        "children": [
+                            {
+                                "type": "hosts-enum",
+                                "key": "hosts",
+                                "label": "Hosts",
+                                "multiselection": true
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "task-types-enum",
+                                "key": "task_types",
+                                "label": "Task types"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "splitter"
+                            },
+                            {
+                                "type": "template",
+                                "name": "template_publish_families",
+                                "template_data": {
+                                    "key": "filter_families",
+                                    "label": "Filter families",
+                                    "multiselection": true
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ]
+                    }
+                }
+            ]
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/template_publish_families.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/template_publish_families.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edec3bad3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/template_publish_families.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[
+    {
+        "__default_values__": {
+            "multiselection": true
+        }
+    },
+    {
+        "key": "{key}",
+        "label": "{label}",
+        "multiselection": "{multiselection}",
+        "type": "enum",
+        "enum_items": [
+            {"family1": "family1"},
+            {"family2": "family2"},
+            {"family3": "family3"},
+            {"family4": "family4"},
+            {"family5": "family5"}
+        ]
+    }
+]