diff --git a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.cpp b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.cpp
index 3dfbe64bc..ad0848137 100644
--- a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.cpp
+++ b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.cpp
@@ -230,6 +230,11 @@ vtr::Point<int> ClockNetwork::spine_switch_point(
   return spine_switch_coords_[spine_id][size_t(switch_point_id)];
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> ClockNetwork::spine_taps(const ClockSpineId& spine_id) const {
+  VTR_ASSERT(valid_spine_id(spine_id));
+  return spine_taps_[spine_id];
+}
+
 ClockSpineId ClockNetwork::find_spine(const std::string& name) const {
   auto result = spine_name2id_map_.find(name);
   if (result == spine_name2id_map_.end()) {
@@ -332,6 +337,7 @@ ClockSpineId ClockNetwork::create_spine(const std::string& name) {
   spine_parents_.emplace_back();
   spine_children_.emplace_back();
   spine_parent_trees_.emplace_back();
+  spine_taps_.emplace_back();
 
   /* Register to the lookup */
   VTR_ASSERT(valid_spine_id(spine_id));
@@ -388,6 +394,11 @@ void ClockNetwork::add_spine_switch_point(const ClockSpineId& spine_id,
   spine_children_[spine_id].push_back(drive_spine_id);
 }
 
+void ClockNetwork::add_spine_tap(const ClockSpineId& spine_id, const std::string& pin_name) {
+  VTR_ASSERT(valid_spine_id(spine_id));
+  spine_taps_.push_back(pin_name);
+}
+
 bool ClockNetwork::link() {
   for (ClockTreeId tree_id : trees()) {
     if (!link_tree(tree_id)) {
diff --git a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.h b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.h
index 7687273e9..9a9cd154a 100644
--- a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.h
+++ b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/base/clock_network.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class ClockNetwork {
   vtr::Point<int> spine_switch_point(
     const ClockSpineId& spine_id,
     const ClockSwitchPointId& switch_point_id) const;
+  std::vector<std::string> spine_taps(const ClockSpineId& spine_id) const;
   /* Find a spine with a given name, if not found, return an valid id, otherwise
    * return an invalid one */
   ClockSpineId find_spine(const std::string& name) const;
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@ class ClockNetwork {
   void add_spine_switch_point(const ClockSpineId& spine_id,
                               const ClockSpineId& drive_spine_id,
                               const vtr::Point<int>& coord);
+  void add_spine_tap(const ClockSpineId& spine_id, const std::string& pin_name);
   /* Build internal links between clock tree, spines etc. This is also an
    * validator to verify the correctness of the clock network. Must run before
    * using the data! */
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ class ClockNetwork {
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, size_t> spine_levels_;
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, vtr::Point<int>> spine_start_points_;
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, vtr::Point<int>> spine_end_points_;
+  vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, std::vector<std::string>> spine_taps_;
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, std::vector<ClockSpineId>> spine_switch_points_;
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, std::vector<vtr::Point<int>>> spine_switch_coords_;
   vtr::vector<ClockSpineId, ClockSpineId> spine_parents_;
diff --git a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/clock_network_xml_constants.h b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/clock_network_xml_constants.h
index 417e3d9db..8dc9871ec 100644
--- a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/clock_network_xml_constants.h
+++ b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/clock_network_xml_constants.h
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_NODE_NAME = "switch_point";
 constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_ATTRIBUTE_TAP = "tap";
 constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_ATTRIBUTE_X = "x";
 constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_ATTRIBUTE_Y = "y";
+constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_NODE_NAME = "tap";
+constexpr const char* XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_ATTRIBUTE_TILE_PIN = "tile_pin";
 
 #endif
diff --git a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/read_xml_clock_network.cpp b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/read_xml_clock_network.cpp
index c8bd9835e..ee1ee34f9 100644
--- a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/read_xml_clock_network.cpp
+++ b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/read_xml_clock_network.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,24 @@
 
 namespace openfpga {  // Begin namespace openfpga
 
+/********************************************************************
+ * Parse XML codes of a <tap> to an object of ClockNetwork
+ *******************************************************************/
+static void read_xml_clock_spine_tap(
+  pugi::xml_node& xml_switch_point, const pugiutil::loc_data& loc_data,
+  ClockNetwork& clk_ntwk, const ClockSpineId& spine_id) {
+  if (!clk_ntwk.valid_spine_id(spine_id)) {
+    archfpga_throw(loc_data.filename_c_str(), loc_data.line(xml_switch_point),
+                   "Invalid id of a clock spine!\n");
+  }
+
+  std::string tile_pin_name =
+    get_attribute(xml_switch_point, XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_ATTRIBUTE_TILE_PIN,
+                  loc_data)
+      .as_string();
+  clk_ntwk.add_spine_tap(spine_id, tile_pin_name);
+}
+
 /********************************************************************
  * Parse XML codes of a <switch_point> to an object of ClockNetwork
  *******************************************************************/
@@ -109,13 +127,17 @@ static void read_xml_clock_spine(pugi::xml_node& xml_spine,
 
   for (pugi::xml_node xml_switch_point : xml_spine.children()) {
     /* Error out if the XML child has an invalid name! */
-    if (xml_switch_point.name() !=
+    if (xml_switch_point.name() ==
         std::string(XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_NODE_NAME)) {
+      read_xml_clock_spine_switch_point(xml_switch_point, loc_data, clk_ntwk,
+                                        spine_id);
+    } else if (xml_switch_point.name() ==
+        std::string(XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_NODE_NAME)) {
+      read_xml_clock_spine_tap(xml_switch_point, loc_data, clk_ntwk, spine_id);
+    } else {
       bad_tag(xml_switch_point, loc_data, xml_spine,
-              {XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_NODE_NAME});
+              {XML_CLOCK_SPINE_SWITCH_POINT_NODE_NAME, XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_NODE_NAME});
     }
-    read_xml_clock_spine_switch_point(xml_switch_point, loc_data, clk_ntwk,
-                                      spine_id);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/write_xml_clock_network.cpp b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/write_xml_clock_network.cpp
index e2524a0ae..7910d6333 100644
--- a/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/write_xml_clock_network.cpp
+++ b/libs/libclkarchopenfpga/src/io/write_xml_clock_network.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@
 
 namespace openfpga {  // Begin namespace openfpga
 
+static int write_xml_clock_spine_taps(
+  std::fstream& fp, const ClockNetwork& clk_ntwk, const ClockSpineId& spine_id) {
+  for (const std::string& tile_pin_name : clk_ntwk.spine_taps(spine_id)) {
+    openfpga::write_tab_to_file(fp, 3);
+    fp << "<" << XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_NODE_NAME << "";
+
+    write_xml_attribute(
+      fp, XML_CLOCK_SPINE_TAP_ATTRIBUTE_TILE_PIN,
+      tile_pin_name.c_str());
+    fp << "/>"
+       << "\n";
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 static int write_xml_clock_spine_switch_point(
   std::fstream& fp, const ClockNetwork& clk_ntwk, const ClockSpineId& spine_id,
   const ClockSwitchPointId& switch_point_id) {
@@ -66,6 +82,7 @@ static int write_xml_clock_spine(std::fstream& fp, const ClockNetwork& clk_ntwk,
        clk_ntwk.spine_switch_points(spine_id)) {
     write_xml_clock_spine_switch_point(fp, clk_ntwk, spine_id, switch_point_id);
   }
+  write_xml_clock_spine_taps(fp, clk_ntwk, spine_id);
 
   openfpga::write_tab_to_file(fp, 2);
   fp << "</" << XML_CLOCK_SPINE_NODE_NAME << "";