diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
index e0c4bdb9535..6d930d358d1 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/extract_slate_frame.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import copy
 
 import pyblish.api
+import six
 
 import openpype
 from openpype.hosts.nuke.api import (
@@ -12,7 +13,6 @@
     get_view_process_node
 )
 
-
 class ExtractSlateFrame(openpype.api.Extractor):
     """Extracts movie and thumbnail with baked in luts
 
@@ -236,6 +236,48 @@ def _render_slate_to_sequence(self, instance):
             int(slate_first_frame)
         )
 
+        # Add file to representation files
+        # - get write node
+        write_node = instance.data["writeNode"]
+        # - evaluate filepaths for first frame and slate frame
+        first_filename = os.path.basename(
+            write_node["file"].evaluate(first_frame))
+        slate_filename = os.path.basename(
+            write_node["file"].evaluate(slate_first_frame))
+
+        # Find matching representation based on first filename
+        matching_repre = None
+        is_sequence = None
+        for repre in instance.data["representations"]:
+            files = repre["files"]
+            if (
+                not isinstance(files, six.string_types)
+                and first_filename in files
+            ):
+                matching_repre = repre
+                is_sequence = True
+                break
+
+            elif files == first_filename:
+                matching_repre = repre
+                is_sequence = False
+                break
+
+        if not matching_repre:
+            self.log.info((
+                "Matching reresentaion was not found."
+                " Representation files were not filled with slate."
+            ))
+            return
+
+        # Add frame to matching representation files
+        if not is_sequence:
+            matching_repre["files"] = [first_filename, slate_filename]
+        elif slate_filename not in matching_repre["files"]:
+            matching_repre["files"].insert(0, slate_filename)
+
+        self.log.warning("Added slate frame to representation files")
+
     def add_comment_slate_node(self, instance, node):
 
         comment = instance.context.data.get("comment")
diff --git a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
index 049958bd07d..a97f34b3704 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/nuke/plugins/publish/precollect_writes.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ def process(self, instance):
         if node is None:
             return
 
+        instance.data["writeNode"] = node
         self.log.debug("checking instance: {}".format(instance))
 
         # Determine defined file type