diff --git a/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/extract_render.py b/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/extract_render.py
index 7ca83d3f0f..fe1352f9f9 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/extract_render.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/extract_render.py
@@ -111,13 +111,22 @@ class ExtractRender(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
         # Generate mov.
         mov_path = os.path.join(path, instance.data["name"] + ".mov")
-        args = [
-            "ffmpeg", "-y",
-            "-i", audio_path,
-            "-i",
-            os.path.join(path, collection.head + "%04d" + collection.tail),
-            mov_path
-        ]
+        if os.path.isfile(audio_path):
+            args = [
+                "ffmpeg", "-y",
+                "-i", audio_path,
+                "-i",
+                os.path.join(path, collection.head + "%04d" + collection.tail),
+                mov_path
+            ]
+        else:
+            args = [
+                "ffmpeg", "-y",
+                "-i",
+                os.path.join(path, collection.head + "%04d" + collection.tail),
+                mov_path
+            ]
+
         process = subprocess.Popen(
             args,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/validate_audio.py b/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/validate_audio.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba113e7610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pype/plugins/harmony/publish/validate_audio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import json
+import os
+
+import pyblish.api
+
+import avalon.harmony
+import pype.hosts.harmony
+
+
+class ValidateAudio(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Ensures that there is an audio file in the scene. If you are sure that you want to send render without audio, you can disable this validator before clicking on "publish" """
+
+    order = pyblish.api.ValidatorOrder
+    label = "Validate Audio"
+    families = ["render"]
+    hosts = ["harmony"]
+    optional = True
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        # Collect scene data.
+        func = """function func(write_node)
+        {
+            return [
+                sound.getSoundtrackAll().path()
+            ]
+        }
+        func
+        """
+        result = avalon.harmony.send(
+            {"function": func, "args": [instance[0]]}
+        )["result"]
+
+        audio_path = result[0]
+
+        msg = "You are missing audio file:\n{}".format(audio_path)
+
+        assert os.path.isfile(audio_path), msg