5 files changed, 71 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backends/cl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/cl/CMakeLists.txt
index 80ca0acc08..a7ce893f20 100644
--- a/src/backends/cl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/cl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 
 list(APPEND armnnClBackend_sources
+    ClBackend.cpp
+    ClBackend.hpp
     ClContextControl.cpp
     ClContextControl.hpp
     ClLayerSupport.cpp
diff --git a/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.cpp b/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5de9d31234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include "ClBackend.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+const std::string ClBackend::s_Id = "arm_compute_cl";
+
+const std::string& ClBackend::GetId() const
+{
+    return s_Id;
+}
+
+const ILayerSupport& ClBackend::GetLayerSupport() const
+{
+    return m_LayerSupport;
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory> ClBackend::CreateWorkloadFactory() const
+{
+    // TODO implement
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+} // namespace armnn
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.hpp b/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e67f5e9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/cl/ClBackend.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//
+// Copyright © 2017 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+#pragma once
+
+#include "backends/IBackendInternal.hpp"
+
+#include "ClLayerSupport.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+class ClBackend : public IBackendInternal
+{
+public:
+    ClBackend()  = default;
+    ~ClBackend() = default;
+
+    const std::string& GetId() const override;
+
+    const ILayerSupport& GetLayerSupport() const override;
+
+    std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory> CreateWorkloadFactory() const override;
+
+private:
+    static const std::string s_Id;
+
+    // TODO initialize
+    ClLayerSupport m_LayerSupport;
+};
+
+} // namespace armnn
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backends/cl/ClLayerSupport.hpp b/src/backends/cl/ClLayerSupport.hpp
index 700d71801d..80e8488b3b 100644
--- a/src/backends/cl/ClLayerSupport.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/cl/ClLayerSupport.hpp
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 
 namespace armnn
 {
+
+class ClLayerSupport : public ILayerSupport
+{
+    // TODO implement
+};
+
 bool IsClDirectConvolution2dSupported(const TensorInfo& weightInfo, const Convolution2dDescriptor& desc);
 bool IsClDepthwiseConvolution2dDescParamsSupported(std::string* reasonIfUnsupported,
                                                    const DepthwiseConvolution2dDescriptor& parameters,
diff --git a/src/backends/cl/backend.mk b/src/backends/cl/backend.mk
index 057089ebdb..81540cc251 100644
--- a/src/backends/cl/backend.mk
+++ b/src/backends/cl/backend.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # file in the root of ArmNN
 
 BACKEND_SOURCES := \
+        ClBackend.cpp \
         ClContextControl.cpp \
         ClLayerSupport.cpp \
         ClWorkloadFactory.cpp \