diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_scanline_exr.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_scanline_exr.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca62476ab2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/extract_scanline_exr.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""Convert exrs in representation to tiled exrs usin oiio tools."""
+import os
+import shutil
+
+import pyblish.api
+import pype.api
+import pype.lib
+
+
+class ExtractScanlineExr(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
+    """Convert tiled EXRs to scanline using OIIO tool."""
+
+    label = "Extract Scanline EXR"
+    hosts = ["shell"]
+    order = pyblish.api.ExtractorOrder
+    families = ["imagesequence", "render", "render2d", "source"]
+
+    def process(self, instance):
+        """Plugin entry point."""
+        # get representation and loop them
+        representations = instance.data["representations"]
+
+        representations_new = []
+
+        for repre in representations:
+            self.log.info(
+                "Processing representation {}".format(repre.get("name")))
+            tags = repre.get("tags", [])
+            if "toScanline" not in tags:
+                self.log.info(" - missing toScanline tag")
+                continue
+
+            # run only on exrs
+            if repre.get("ext") != "exr":
+                self.log.info("- not EXR files")
+                continue
+
+            if not isinstance(repre['files'], (list, tuple)):
+                input_files = [repre['files']]
+                self.log.info("We have a single frame")
+            else:
+                input_files = repre['files']
+                self.log.info("We have a sequence")
+
+            stagingdir = os.path.normpath(repre.get("stagingDir"))
+
+            oiio_tool_path = os.getenv("PYPE_OIIO_PATH", "")
+
+            for file in input_files:
+
+                original_name = os.path.join(stagingdir, file)
+                temp_name = os.path.join(stagingdir, "__{}".format(file))
+                # move original render to temp location
+                shutil.move(original_name, temp_name)
+                oiio_cmd = []
+                oiio_cmd.append(oiio_tool_path)
+                oiio_cmd.append(
+                    os.path.join(stagingdir, temp_name)
+                )
+                oiio_cmd.append("--scanline")
+                oiio_cmd.append("-o")
+                oiio_cmd.append(os.path.join(stagingdir, original_name))
+
+                subprocess_exr = " ".join(oiio_cmd)
+                self.log.info(f"running: {subprocess_exr}")
+                pype.api.subprocess(subprocess_exr)
+
+                # raise error if there is no ouptput
+                if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(stagingdir, original_name)):
+                    self.log.error(
+                        ("File {} was not converted "
+                         "by oiio tool!").format(original_name))
+                    raise AssertionError("OIIO tool conversion failed")
+                else:
+                    try:
+                        os.remove(temp_name)
+                    except OSError as e:
+                        self.log.warning("Unable to delete temp file")
+                        self.log.warning(e)
+
+            repre['name'] = 'exr'
+            try:
+                repre['tags'].remove('toScanline')
+            except ValueError:
+                # no `toScanline` tag present
+                pass
+
+        instance.data["representations"] += representations_new
diff --git a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
index 99f0ae7cb65..630a75e7df6 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/global/publish/submit_publish_job.py
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@ class ProcessSubmittedJobOnFarm(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
         "slate": ["slateFrame"],
         "review": ["lutPath"],
         "render2d": ["bakeScriptPath", "bakeRenderPath",
-                     "bakeWriteNodeName", "version"]
+                     "bakeWriteNodeName", "version"],
+        "renderlayer": ["convertToScanline"]
     }
 
     # list of family names to transfer to new family if present
@@ -491,6 +492,11 @@ def _create_instances_for_aov(self, instance_data, exp_files):
                 "tags": ["review"] if preview else []
             }
 
+            # support conversion from tiled to scanline
+            if instance_data.get("convertToScanline"):
+                self.log.info("Adding scanline conversion.")
+                rep["tags"].append("toScanline")
+
             # poor man exclusion
             if ext in self.skip_integration_repre_list:
                 rep["tags"].append("delete")
@@ -581,6 +587,11 @@ def _get_representations(self, instance, exp_files):
             if instance.get("multipartExr", False):
                 rep["tags"].append("multipartExr")
 
+            # support conversion from tiled to scanline
+            if instance.get("convertToScanline"):
+                self.log.info("Adding scanline conversion.")
+                rep["tags"].append("toScanline")
+
             representations.append(rep)
 
             self._solve_families(instance, preview)
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/create/create_render.py b/pype/plugins/maya/create/create_render.py
index 6826d33c580..fa0e2691260 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/create/create_render.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/create/create_render.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def _create_render_settings(self):
         self.data["tileRendering"] = False
         self.data["tilesX"] = 2
         self.data["tilesY"] = 2
+        self.data["convertToScanline"] = False
         # Disable for now as this feature is not working yet
         # self.data["assScene"] = False
 
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
index 91230fcc462..093827809c1 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ def process(self, context):
                 "tileRendering": render_instance.data.get("tileRendering") or False,  # noqa: E501
                 "tilesX": render_instance.data.get("tilesX") or 2,
                 "tilesY": render_instance.data.get("tilesY") or 2,
-                "priority": render_instance.data.get("priority")
+                "priority": render_instance.data.get("priority"),
+                "convertToScanline": render_instance.data.get("convertToScanline") or False  # noqa: E501
             }
 
             # Apply each user defined attribute as data