diff --git a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd.py b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd.py
index e8e7d6a583..9a8c755926 100644
--- a/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd.py
+++ b/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/extract_usd.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import pyblish.api
 
+from ayon_core.pipeline.entity_uri import construct_ayon_entity_uri
 from ayon_core.pipeline.publish.lib import get_instance_expected_output_path
 from ayon_houdini.api import plugin
 from ayon_houdini.api.lib import render_rop
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ class ExtractUSD(plugin.HoudiniExtractorPlugin):
     label = "Extract USD"
     families = ["usdrop"]
 
+    use_ayon_entity_uri = False
+
     def process(self, instance):
 
         ropnode = hou.node(instance.data.get("instance_node"))
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@ def process(self, instance):
         self.log.info("Writing USD '%s' to '%s'" % (file_name, staging_dir))
 
         mapping = self.get_source_to_publish_paths(instance.context)
+        if mapping:
+            self.log.debug(f"Remapping paths: {mapping}")
 
         # Allow instance-specific path remapping overrides, e.g. changing
         # paths on used resources/textures for looks
@@ -55,10 +60,19 @@ def process(self, instance):
         }
         instance.data["representations"].append(representation)
 
-    def get_source_to_publish_paths(self, context):
+    def get_source_to_publish_paths(self,
+                                    context):
         """Define a mapping of all current instances in context from source
         file to publish file so this can be used on the USD save to remap
-        asset layer paths on publish via AyonRemapPaths output processor"""
+        asset layer paths on publish via AyonRemapPaths output processor
+
+        Arguments:
+            context (pyblish.api.Context): Publish context.
+
+        Returns:
+            dict[str, str]: Mapping from source path to remapped path.
+
+        """
 
         mapping = {}
         for instance in context:
@@ -76,9 +90,22 @@ def get_source_to_publish_paths(self, context):
                 #   asset paths that are set use e.g. $F
                 # TODO: If the representation has multiple files we might need
                 #   to define the path remapping per file of the sequence
-                path = get_instance_expected_output_path(
-                    instance, representation_name=name, ext=ext
-                )
+                if self.use_ayon_entity_uri:
+                    # Construct AYON entity URI
+                    # Note: entity does not exist yet
+                    path = construct_ayon_entity_uri(
+                        project_name=context.data["projectName"],
+                        folder_path=instance.data["folderPath"],
+                        product=instance.data["productName"],
+                        version=instance.data["version"],
+                        representation_name=name
+                    )
+                else:
+                    # Resolved publish filepath
+                    path = get_instance_expected_output_path(
+                        instance, representation_name=name, ext=ext
+                    )
+
                 for source_path in get_source_paths(instance, repre):
                     source_path = os.path.normpath(source_path)
                     mapping[source_path] = path
diff --git a/server/settings/publish.py b/server/settings/publish.py
index 9936dd880d..68cfa70ed3 100644
--- a/server/settings/publish.py
+++ b/server/settings/publish.py
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ class BasicEnabledStatesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     active: bool = SettingsField(title="Active")
 
 
+class ExtractUsdModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    use_ayon_entity_uri: bool = SettingsField(
+        False,
+        title="Remap save layers to AYON Entity URI",
+        description=(
+            "Remap explicit save layers to AYON Entity URI on publish "
+            "instead of the resolved publish filepaths."
+        )
+    )
+
+
 class PublishPluginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     CollectAssetHandles: CollectAssetHandlesModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=CollectAssetHandlesModel,
@@ -164,6 +175,10 @@ class PublishPluginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         title="Extract Active View Thumbnail",
         section="Extractors"
     )
+    ExtractUSD: ExtractUsdModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=ExtractUsdModel,
+        title="Extract USD"
+    )
 
 
 DEFAULT_HOUDINI_PUBLISH_SETTINGS = {
@@ -243,5 +258,8 @@ class PublishPluginsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
         "enabled": True,
         "optional": False,
         "active": True
+    },
+    "ExtractUSD": {
+        "use_ayon_entity_uri": False
     }
 }