diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index 52b8db058c..2712aeb1b2 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -575,6 +575,12 @@
                 12,
                 255
             ],
+            "vrayscene_layer": [
+                255,
+                150,
+                12,
+                255
+            ],
             "yeticache": [
                 99,
                 206,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_load.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_load.json
index 7c87644817..6b2315abc0 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_load.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_load.json
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
                     "label": "Vray Proxy:",
                     "key": "vrayproxy"
                 },
+                {
+                    "type": "color",
+                    "label": "Vray Scene:",
+                    "key": "vrayscene_layer"
+                },
                 {
                     "type": "color",
                     "label": "Yeti Cache:",