diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
index 7df85e4ba7a..297509dfabd 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_look.py
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ def collect(self, instance):
             history = list()
             for material in materials:
                 history.extend(cmds.listHistory(material))
+
+            # handle VrayPluginNodeMtl node - see #1397
+            vray_plugin_nodes = cmds.ls(
+                history, type="VRayPluginNodeMtl", long=True)
+            for vray_node in vray_plugin_nodes:
+                history.extend(cmds.listHistory(vray_node))
+
             files = cmds.ls(history, type="file", long=True)
             files.extend(cmds.ls(history, type="aiImage", long=True))