diff --git a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
index a5841f406cf..a652da77865 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/deadline/plugins/publish/submit_maya_deadline.py
@@ -271,6 +271,22 @@ def process(self, instance):
             ["DEADLINE_REST_URL"]
         )
 
+        self._job_info = (
+            context.data["project_settings"].get(
+                "deadline", {}).get(
+                "publish", {}).get(
+                "MayaSubmitDeadline", {}).get(
+                "jobInfo", {})
+        )
+
+        self._plugin_info = (
+            context.data["project_settings"].get(
+                "deadline", {}).get(
+                "publish", {}).get(
+                "MayaSubmitDeadline", {}).get(
+                "pluginInfo", {})
+        )
+
         assert self._deadline_url, "Requires DEADLINE_REST_URL"
 
         context = instance.context
@@ -407,7 +423,7 @@ def process(self, instance):
         self.payload_skeleton["JobInfo"]["Priority"] = \
             self._instance.data.get("priority", 50)
 
-        if self.group != "none":
+        if self.group != "none" and self.group:
             self.payload_skeleton["JobInfo"]["Group"] = self.group
 
         if self.limit_groups:
@@ -536,6 +552,10 @@ def process(self, instance):
 
         self.preflight_check(instance)
 
+        # add jobInfo and pluginInfo variables from Settings
+        payload["JobInfo"].update(self._job_info)
+        payload["PluginInfo"].update(self._plugin_info)
+
         # Prepare tiles data ------------------------------------------------
         if instance.data.get("tileRendering"):
             # if we have sequence of files, we need to create tile job for
diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/deadline.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/deadline.json
index 5861015f2cb..2dba20d63c7 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/deadline.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/deadline.json
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
         "ValidateExpectedFiles": {
             "enabled": true,
             "active": true,
-            "families": ["render"],
-            "targets": ["deadline"],
-            "allow_user_override": true
+            "allow_user_override": true,
+            "families": [
+                "render"
+            ],
+            "targets": [
+                "deadline"
+            ]
         },
         "MayaSubmitDeadline": {
             "enabled": true,
@@ -15,7 +19,9 @@
             "use_published": true,
             "asset_dependencies": true,
             "group": "none",
-            "limit": []
+            "limit": [],
+            "jobInfo": {},
+            "pluginInfo": {}
         },
         "NukeSubmitDeadline": {
             "enabled": true,
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_deadline.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_deadline.json
index 3281c9ce4dd..27eeaef5591 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_deadline.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_deadline.json
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@
                             "key": "limit",
                             "label": "Limit Groups",
                             "object_type": "text"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "raw-json",
+                            "key": "jobInfo",
+                            "label": "Additional JobInfo data"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "raw-json",
+                            "key": "pluginInfo",
+                            "label": "Additional PluginInfo data"
                         }
                     ]
                 },