diff --git a/firedrake/adjoint/__init__.py b/firedrake/adjoint/__init__.py
index 8373a4285a..c48b990420 100644
--- a/firedrake/adjoint/__init__.py
+++ b/firedrake/adjoint/__init__.py
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
                             pause_annotation, continue_annotation, \
                             stop_annotating, annotate_tape  # noqa F401
 from pyadjoint.reduced_functional import ReducedFunctional  # noqa F401
+from pyadjoint.checkpointing import disk_checkpointing_callback  # noqa F401
 from firedrake.adjoint_utils.checkpointing import \
     enable_disk_checkpointing, pause_disk_checkpointing, \
     continue_disk_checkpointing, stop_disk_checkpointing, \
-    checkpointable_mesh   # noqa F401
+    checkpointable_mesh  # noqa F401
 from firedrake.adjoint_utils import get_solve_blocks  # noqa F401
 
 from pyadjoint.verification import taylor_test, taylor_to_dict  # noqa F401
diff --git a/firedrake/adjoint_utils/checkpointing.py b/firedrake/adjoint_utils/checkpointing.py
index 583d7155eb..0ab337e17b 100644
--- a/firedrake/adjoint_utils/checkpointing.py
+++ b/firedrake/adjoint_utils/checkpointing.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """A module providing support for disk checkpointing of the adjoint tape."""
-from pyadjoint import get_working_tape, OverloadedType
+from pyadjoint import get_working_tape, OverloadedType, disk_checkpointing_callback
 from pyadjoint.tape import TapePackageData
 from pyop2.mpi import COMM_WORLD
 import tempfile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 from numbers import Number
 _enable_disk_checkpoint = False
 _checkpoint_init_data = False
+disk_checkpointing_callback["firedrake"] = "Please call enable_disk_checkpointing() "\
+    "before checkpointing on the disk."
 
 __all__ = ["enable_disk_checkpointing", "disk_checkpointing",
            "pause_disk_checkpointing", "continue_disk_checkpointing",
@@ -204,6 +206,12 @@ def restore_from_checkpoint(self, state):
         self.init_checkpoint_file = state["init"]
         self.current_checkpoint_file = state["current"]
 
+    def continue_checkpointing(self):
+        continue_disk_checkpointing()
+
+    def pause_checkpointing(self):
+        pause_disk_checkpointing()
+
 
 def checkpointable_mesh(mesh):
     """Write a mesh to disk and read it back.
@@ -251,7 +259,7 @@ def restore(self):
         pass
 
 
-class CheckpointFunction(CheckpointBase):
+class CheckpointFunction(CheckpointBase, OverloadedType):
     """Metadata for a Function checkpointed to disk.
 
     An object of this class replaces the :class:`~firedrake.Function` stored as
@@ -304,6 +312,9 @@ def restore(self):
         return type(function)(function.function_space(),
                               function.dat, name=self.name(), count=self.count)
 
+    def _ad_restore_at_checkpoint(self, checkpoint):
+        return checkpoint.restore()
+
 
 def maybe_disk_checkpoint(function):
     """Checkpoint a Function to disk if disk checkpointing is active."""
diff --git a/firedrake/scripts/firedrake-install b/firedrake/scripts/firedrake-install
index 8b0ad3c76d..ea4997852d 100755
--- a/firedrake/scripts/firedrake-install
+++ b/firedrake/scripts/firedrake-install
@@ -2064,6 +2064,7 @@ with environment(**compiler_env):
 
     if options["netgen"]:
         packages += ["ngsPETSc"]
+        run_pip(["install", "-U", "ngsPETSc"])
 
 with pipargs("--no-deps"):
     if options["opencascade"]: