diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index 345f5264b7..ac1e495f08 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -224,14 +224,19 @@ class CollectMayaRender(pyblish.api.ContextPlugin):
             # append full path
             full_exp_files = []
             aov_dict = {}
-
+            default_render_file = context.data.get('project_settings')\
+                .get('maya')\
+                .get('create')\
+                .get('CreateRender')\
+                .get('default_render_image_folder')
             # replace relative paths with absolute. Render products are
             # returned as list of dictionaries.
             publish_meta_path = None
             for aov in exp_files:
                 full_paths = []
                 for file in aov[aov.keys()[0]]:
-                    full_path = os.path.join(workspace, "renders", file)
+                    full_path = os.path.join(workspace, default_render_file,
+                                             file)
                     full_path = full_path.replace("\\", "/")
                     full_paths.append(full_path)
                     publish_meta_path = os.path.dirname(full_path)
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
index dad1691149..642ca9e25d 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/maya/plugins/publish/validate_render_image_rule.py
@@ -23,11 +23,24 @@ class ValidateRenderImageRule(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
 
     def process(self, instance):
 
-        assert get_file_rule("images") == "renders", (
-            "Workspace's `images` file rule must be set to: renders"
+        default_render_file = self.get_default_render_image_folder(instance)
+
+        assert get_file_rule("images") == default_render_file, (
+            "Workspace's `images` file rule must be set to: {}".format(
+                default_render_file
+            )
         )
 
     @classmethod
     def repair(cls, instance):
-        pm.workspace.fileRules["images"] = "renders"
+        default = cls.get_default_render_image_folder(instance)
+        pm.workspace.fileRules["images"] = default
         pm.system.Workspace.save()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_default_render_image_folder(instance):
+        return instance.context.data.get('project_settings')\
+            .get('maya') \
+            .get('create') \
+            .get('CreateRender') \
+            .get('default_render_image_folder')
diff --git a/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py b/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
index e6c42374ca..51a19e2aad 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/default_modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
@@ -394,9 +394,14 @@ class MayaSubmitDeadline(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         self.log.debug(filepath)
 
         # Gather needed data ------------------------------------------------
+        default_render_file = instance.context.data.get('project_settings')\
+            .get('maya')\
+            .get('create')\
+            .get('CreateRender')\
+            .get('default_render_image_folder')
         filename = os.path.basename(filepath)
         comment = context.data.get("comment", "")
-        dirname = os.path.join(workspace, "renders")
+        dirname = os.path.join(workspace, default_render_file)
         renderlayer = instance.data['setMembers']       # rs_beauty
         deadline_user = context.data.get("user", getpass.getuser())
         jobname = "%s - %s" % (filename, instance.name)
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
index f4b9760fe1..b75b0168ec 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/maya.json
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
             "defaults": [
                 "Main"
             ],
-            "aov_separator": "underscore"
+            "aov_separator": "underscore",
+            "default_render_image_folder": "renders"
         },
         "CreateAnimation": {
             "enabled": true,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_create.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_create.json
index e50357cc40..088d5d1f96 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_create.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schemas/schema_maya_create.json
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
                         {"underscore":  "_ (underscore)"},
                         {"dot": ". (dot)"}
                     ]
+                },
+                {
+                    "type": "text",
+                    "key": "default_render_image_folder",
+                    "label": "Default render image folder"
                 }
             ]
         },