diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/pipeline.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/pipeline.py
index f565f6a308..5bf8b67fc2 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/api/pipeline.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/api/pipeline.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from openpype.pipeline import (
     AVALON_CONTAINER_ID,
 )
 from openpype.pipeline.load import any_outdated_containers
-from openpype.hosts.maya.lib import copy_workspace_mel
+from openpype.hosts.maya.lib import copy_workspace_mel,load_workspace_mel
 from . import menu, lib
 from .workio import (
     open_file,
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ def on_task_changed():
 def before_workfile_save(event):
     workdir_path = event["workdir_path"]
     if workdir_path:
-        copy_workspace_mel(workdir_path)
+        load_workspace_mel(workdir_path)
 
 
 class MayaDirmap(HostDirmap):
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/lib.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/lib.py
index 6c142053e6..d24f267bbd 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/lib.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 
+import json
+from openpype.settings import get_current_project_settings
 
 def copy_workspace_mel(workdir):
     # Check that source mel exists
@@ -24,3 +26,19 @@ def copy_workspace_mel(workdir):
         src_filepath, dst_filepath
     ))
     shutil.copy(src_filepath, dst_filepath)
+
+
+def load_workspace_mel(workdir):
+    dst_filepath = os.path.join(workdir, "workspace.mel")
+    if os.path.exists(dst_filepath):
+        return
+
+    if not os.path.exists(workdir):
+        os.makedirs(workdir)
+
+    with open(dst_filepath, "w") as mel_file:
+        setting = get_current_project_settings()
+        mel_script = setting["maya"]["mel-workspace"]["scripts"]
+        for mel in mel_script:
+            mel_file.write(mel)
+            mel_file.write("\n")
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index ac0f161cf2..0a46632042 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@
             "destination-path": []
         }
     },
+    "mel-workspace":{
+        "scripts":[
+            "workspace -fr \"shaders\" \"renderData/shaders\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"images\" \"renders\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"particles\" \"particles\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"mayaAscii\" \"\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"mayaBinary\" \"\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"scene\" \"\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"alembicCache\" \"cache/alembic\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"renderData\" \"renderData\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"sourceImages\" \"sourceimages\";",
+            "workspace -fr \"fileCache\" \"cache/nCache\";"
+        ]
+    },
     "scriptsmenu": {
         "name": "OpenPype Tools",
         "definition": [
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
index cb380194a7..a774d604ca 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_maya.json
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
                 }
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "dict",
+             "collapsible": true,
+             "key": "mel-workspace",
+             "label": "Maya MEL Workspace",
+             "is_group": true,
+             "children": [
+                 {
+                    "type": "list",
+                    "object_type": "text",
+                    "key": "scripts",
+                    "label": "scripts"
+                 }
+             ]
+         },
         {
             "type": "schema",
             "name": "schema_scriptsmenu"