diff --git a/TTS/tts/utils/io.py b/TTS/tts/utils/io.py
index 830529a3..63e04283 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/utils/io.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/utils/io.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from TTS.utils.io import RenamingUnpickler
 
 
 
-def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, amp=None, use_cuda=False):
+def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, amp=None, use_cuda=False, eval=False):
     """Load ```TTS.tts.models``` checkpoints.
 
     Args:
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, amp=None, use_cuda=False):
     if hasattr(model.decoder, 'r'):
         model.decoder.set_r(state['r'])
         print(" > Model r: ", state['r'])
+    if eval:
+        model.eval()
     return model, state
 
 
diff --git a/TTS/vocoder/utils/io.py b/TTS/vocoder/utils/io.py
index c33d2cb9..5c42dfca 100644
--- a/TTS/vocoder/utils/io.py
+++ b/TTS/vocoder/utils/io.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import pickle as pickle_tts
 from TTS.utils.io import RenamingUnpickler
 
 
-def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_cuda=False):
+def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_cuda=False, eval=False):
     try:
         state = torch.load(checkpoint_path, map_location=torch.device('cpu'))
     except ModuleNotFoundError:
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ def load_checkpoint(model, checkpoint_path, use_cuda=False):
     model.load_state_dict(state['model'])
     if use_cuda:
         model.cuda()
+    if eval:
+        model.eval()
     return model, state