3 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/reference/test/CMakeLists.txt
index aee621614f..8fa9b5cdaf 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ list(APPEND armnnRefBackendUnitTests_sources
     RefLayerTests.cpp
     RefOptimizedNetworkTests.cpp
     RefRuntimeTests.cpp
+    RefWorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp
 )
 
 add_library(armnnRefBackendUnitTests OBJECT ${armnnRefBackendUnitTests_sources})
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
index 703ec58208..95ddbadbcc 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 //
 
+#include "RefWorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp"
+
 #include <test/TensorHelpers.hpp>
 #include <test/UnitTests.hpp>
 
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefWorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefWorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..500511157f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefWorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <backendsCommon/test/WorkloadFactoryHelper.hpp>
+
+#include <reference/RefBackend.hpp>
+#include <reference/RefWorkloadFactory.hpp>
+
+namespace
+{
+
+template<>
+struct WorkloadFactoryHelper<armnn::RefWorkloadFactory>
+{
+    static armnn::RefWorkloadFactory GetFactory()
+    {
+        return armnn::RefWorkloadFactory();
+    }
+};
+
+using RefWorkloadFactoryHelper = WorkloadFactoryHelper<armnn::RefWorkloadFactory>;
+
+} // anonymous namespace