diff --git a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
index 71bf46d5b36..136f1d6b427 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/defaults/project_settings/nuke.json
@@ -10,11 +10,22 @@
     },
     "create": {
         "CreateWriteRender": {
-            "fpath_template": "{work}/renders/nuke/{subset}/{subset}.{frame}.{ext}"
+            "fpath_template": "{work}/renders/nuke/{subset}/{subset}.{frame}.{ext}",
+            "defaults": [
+                "Main",
+                "Mask"
+            ]
         },
         "CreateWritePrerender": {
             "fpath_template": "{work}/prerenders/nuke/{subset}/{subset}.{frame}.{ext}",
-            "use_range_limit": true
+            "use_range_limit": true,
+            "defaults": [
+                "Key01",
+                "Bg01",
+                "Fg01",
+                "Branch01",
+                "Part01"
+            ]
         }
     },
     "publish": {
diff --git a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_nuke.json b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_nuke.json
index 01a954f283a..e0b21f4037a 100644
--- a/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_nuke.json
+++ b/openpype/settings/entities/schemas/projects_schema/schema_project_nuke.json
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@
                             "type": "text",
                             "key": "fpath_template",
                             "label": "Path template"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "list",
+                            "key": "defaults",
+                            "label": "Subset name defaults",
+                            "object_type": {
+                                "type": "text"
+                            }
                         }
                     ]
                 },
@@ -82,6 +90,14 @@
                             "type": "boolean",
                             "key": "use_range_limit",
                             "label": "Use Frame range limit by default"
+                        },
+                        {
+                            "type": "list",
+                            "key": "defaults",
+                            "label": "Subset name defaults",
+                            "object_type": {
+                                "type": "text"
+                            }
                         }
                     ]
                 }