diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-git-submodules.yml b/.github/workflows/check-git-submodules.yml
index dbe52a759..161f57719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-git-submodules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-git-submodules.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: Submodule refs on origin
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
 
 jobs:
   check:
diff --git a/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoTools.java b/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoTools.java
index 67ca7b5de..183fd4fbd 100644
--- a/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoTools.java
+++ b/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoTools.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class VivadoTools {
 
     public static final String REPORT_ROUTE_STATUS = "report_route_status";
     public static final String PLACE_DESIGN = "place_design";
+    public static final String ROUTE_DESIGN = "route_design";
     public static final String WRITE_CHECKPOINT = "write_checkpoint";
     public static final String WRITE_EDIF = "write_edif";
 
@@ -337,11 +338,49 @@ public static Design placeDesign(Path dcp, Path workdir, boolean encrypted) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Run Vivado's `get_timing_paths -setup` command on the provided DCP path
-     * (to find its worst setup timing path) and return its SLACK property as a float.
-     *
-     * @param dcp Path to DCP to report on.
+     * Run Vivado's `route_design` command on the design provided and get the
+     * `report_route_status` results. Note: this method does not preserve the routed
+     * output from Vivado.
+     * 
+     * @param design  The design to route and report on.
      * @param workdir Directory to work within.
+     * @return The results of `report_route_status`.
+     */
+    public static ReportRouteStatusResult routeDesignAndGetStatus(Design design, Path workdir) {
+        boolean encrypted = !design.getNetlist().getEncryptedCells().isEmpty();
+        Path dcp = workdir.resolve("routeDesignAndGetStatus.dcp");
+        design.writeCheckpoint(dcp);
+        return routeDesignAndGetStatus(dcp, workdir, encrypted);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Run Vivado's `route_design` command on the provided DCP path and return the
+     * `report_route_status` results. Note: this method does not preserve the routed
+     * output from Vivado.
+     *
+     * @param dcp       Path to DCP to route and report on.
+     * @param workdir   Directory to work within.
+     * @param encrypted Indicates whether DCP contains encrypted EDIF cells.
+     * @return The results of `report_route_status`.
+     */
+    public static ReportRouteStatusResult routeDesignAndGetStatus(Path dcp, Path workdir, boolean encrypted) {
+        final Path outputLog = workdir.resolve("outputLog.log");
+
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append(createTclDCPLoadCommand(dcp, encrypted));
+        sb.append(ROUTE_DESIGN + "; ");
+        sb.append(REPORT_ROUTE_STATUS + "; ");
+
+        List<String> log = VivadoTools.runTcl(outputLog, sb.toString(), true);
+        return new ReportRouteStatusResult(log);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Run Vivado's `get_timing_paths -setup` command on the provided DCP path (to
+     * find its worst setup timing path) and return its SLACK property as a float.
+     *
+     * @param dcp       Path to DCP to report on.
+     * @param workdir   Directory to work within.
      * @param encrypted Indicates whether DCP contains encrypted EDIF cells.
      * @return Worst slack of design as float.
      */
diff --git a/test/RapidWrightDCP b/test/RapidWrightDCP
index 85c47fd5d..9c4416ef7 160000
--- a/test/RapidWrightDCP
+++ b/test/RapidWrightDCP
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 85c47fd5d6e01b012b827bb9288f65a402a17e0a
+Subproject commit 9c4416ef76e590988dda9036e8101768f5574730
diff --git a/test/shared/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoToolsHelper.java b/test/shared/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoToolsHelper.java
index 4037bced3..b106dafa4 100644
--- a/test/shared/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoToolsHelper.java
+++ b/test/shared/com/xilinx/rapidwright/util/VivadoToolsHelper.java
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 
 package com.xilinx.rapidwright.util;
 
-import com.xilinx.rapidwright.design.Design;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 
-import java.nio.file.Path;
+import com.xilinx.rapidwright.design.Design;
 
 public class VivadoToolsHelper {
     public static void assertFullyRouted(Design design) {
@@ -45,4 +46,18 @@ public static void assertFullyRouted(Path dcp) {
         ReportRouteStatusResult rrs = VivadoTools.reportRouteStatus(dcp);
         Assertions.assertTrue(rrs.isFullyRouted());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensures that the provided design can be routed successfully in Vivado.
+     * 
+     * @param design The design to route.
+     * @param dir    The directory to work within.
+     */
+    public static void assertRoutedSuccessfullyByVivado(Design design, Path dir) {
+        if (!FileTools.isVivadoOnPath()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        ReportRouteStatusResult rrs = VivadoTools.routeDesignAndGetStatus(design, dir);
+        Assertions.assertTrue(rrs.isFullyRouted());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/design/TestSiteInst.java b/test/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/design/TestSiteInst.java
index 3a371d385..a694bdbc5 100644
--- a/test/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/design/TestSiteInst.java
+++ b/test/src/com/xilinx/rapidwright/design/TestSiteInst.java
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@
 import com.xilinx.rapidwright.device.Device;
 import com.xilinx.rapidwright.device.Series;
 import com.xilinx.rapidwright.support.RapidWrightDCP;
+import com.xilinx.rapidwright.util.VivadoToolsHelper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class TestSiteInst {
@@ -365,4 +368,11 @@ public void testUnrouteSiteUpdatesNetSiteInsts() {
 
         Assertions.assertTrue(net.getSiteInsts().isEmpty());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSiteRouting(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        Design design = RapidWrightDCP.loadDCP("gnl_2_4_3_1.3_gnl_3000_07_3_80_80_placed.dcp");
+        design.routeSites();
+        VivadoToolsHelper.assertRoutedSuccessfullyByVivado(design, dir);
+    }
 }