diff --git a/fpga/usrp3/tools/scripts/viv_utils.tcl b/fpga/usrp3/tools/scripts/viv_utils.tcl
index e38deae14..fd58beef6 100644
--- a/fpga/usrp3/tools/scripts/viv_utils.tcl
+++ b/fpga/usrp3/tools/scripts/viv_utils.tcl
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ proc ::vivado_utils::initialize_project { {save_to_disk 0} } {
             if {[catch {set_property generate_synth_checkpoint true [get_files $src_file]} errorstring]} {
                 puts "BUILDER: Failed to set synth checkpoint generation ($errorstring). The process will continue."
             }
+        } elseif [expr [lsearch {.dcp} $src_ext] >= 0] {
+            puts "BUILDER: Adding checkpoint: $src_file"
+            read_checkpoint $src_file
         } elseif [expr [lsearch {.ngc .edif .edf} $src_ext] >= 0] {
             puts "BUILDER: Adding Netlist: $src_file"
             read_edif $src_file