1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/RefBackend.cpp b/src/backends/reference/RefBackend.cpp
index 1799abfc33..b671e8bca8 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/RefBackend.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/RefBackend.cpp
@@ -4,11 +4,25 @@
 //
 
 #include "RefBackend.hpp"
+#include <backends/BackendRegistry.hpp>
+#include <boost/cast.hpp>
 
 namespace armnn
 {
 
-const std::string RefBackend::s_Id = "arm_reference";
+namespace
+{
+const std::string s_Id = "CpuRef";
+
+static BackendRegistry::Helper s_RegisterHelper{
+    s_Id,
+    []()
+    {
+        return IBackendUniquePtr(new RefBackend, &RefBackend::Destroy);
+    }
+};
+
+}
 
 const std::string& RefBackend::GetId() const
 {
@@ -22,8 +36,12 @@ const ILayerSupport& RefBackend::GetLayerSupport() const
 
 std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory> RefBackend::CreateWorkloadFactory() const
 {
-    // TODO implement
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+void RefBackend::Destroy(IBackend* backend)
+{
+    delete boost::polymorphic_downcast<RefBackend*>(backend);
+}
+
 } // namespace armnn
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