diff --git a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
index bf1c6a4b66..c3e408341e 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/nuke/publish/collect_writes.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         handle_end = instance.context.data["handleEnd"]
         first_frame = int(nuke.root()["first_frame"].getValue())
         last_frame = int(nuke.root()["last_frame"].getValue())
-
+        frame_length = int(
+            last_frame - first_frame + 1
+        )
+        
         if node["use_limit"].getValue():
             handles = 0
             first_frame = int(node["first"].getValue())
@@ -82,8 +85,17 @@ class CollectNukeWrites(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 collected_frames = [f for f in os.listdir(output_dir)
                                     if ext in f]
                 if collected_frames:
-                    representation['frameStart'] = "%0{}d".format(
+                    collected_frames_len = len(collected_frames)
+                    frame_start_str = "%0{}d".format(
                         len(str(last_frame))) % first_frame
+                    representation['frameStart'] = frame_start_str
+                    if "slate" in instance.data["families"] \
+                            and (frame_length != collected_frames_len):
+                        frame_slate_str = "%0{}d".format(
+                            len(str(last_frame))) % (first_frame - 1)
+                        slate_frame = collected_frames[0].replace(
+                            frame_start_str, frame_slate_str)
+                        collected_frames.insert(0, slate_frame)
                 representation['files'] = collected_frames
                 instance.data["representations"].append(representation)
             except Exception: