diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_vrayproxy.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_vrayproxy.py
index 1e3222873f..2e86012d8d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_vrayproxy.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/load/load_vrayproxy.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from openpype.api import get_project_settings
 class VRayProxyLoader(api.Loader):
     """Load VRay Proxy with Alembic or VrayMesh."""
 
-    families = ["vrayproxy"]
+    families = ["vrayproxy", "model"]
     representations = ["vrmesh", "abc"]
 
     label = "Import VRay Proxy"