diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel.cpp
index 557046e..52ca1d1 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@
 
 void CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLAbsoluteDifferenceKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@
     build_opts.insert("-DDATA_TYPE_OUT=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(output->info()->data_type()));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("absdiff", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "absdiff", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAccumulateKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAccumulateKernel.cpp
index 12ee210..aa13b4a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAccumulateKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLAccumulateKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@
 
 void CLAccumulateKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *accum)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, accum);
+}
+
+void CLAccumulateKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *accum)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(accum, 1, DataType::S16);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("accumulate"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "accumulate");
 
     // Make sure _kernel is initialized before calling the parent's configure
     ICLSimple2DKernel::configure(input, accum, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
@@ -52,12 +57,17 @@
 
 void CLAccumulateWeightedKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, float alpha, ICLTensor *accum)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, alpha, accum);
+}
+
+void CLAccumulateWeightedKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, float alpha, ICLTensor *accum)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(accum, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(alpha < 0.0 || alpha > 1.0);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("accumulate_weighted"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "accumulate_weighted");
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -69,12 +79,17 @@
 
 void CLAccumulateSquaredKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, uint32_t shift, ICLTensor *accum)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, shift, accum);
+}
+
+void CLAccumulateSquaredKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, uint32_t shift, ICLTensor *accum)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(accum, 1, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(shift > 15);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("accumulate_squared"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "accumulate_squared");
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
index 2ab0240..15ae8e3 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLActivationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -115,13 +115,18 @@
 }
 } // namespace
 
-CLActivationLayerKernel::CLActivationLayerKernel(CLCoreRuntimeContext *ctx)
-    : _input(nullptr), _output(nullptr), _run_in_place(false), _ctx(ctx)
+CLActivationLayerKernel::CLActivationLayerKernel()
+    : _input(nullptr), _output(nullptr), _run_in_place(false)
 {
 }
 
 void CLActivationLayerKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLActivationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
 
     _run_in_place = (output == nullptr) || (output == input);
@@ -226,7 +231,8 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = create_opencl_kernel(_ctx, kernel_name, build_opts);
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
+
     // Make sure _kernel is initialized before calling the parent's configure
     _input  = input;
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
index 21709a4..4e33744 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@
 
 void CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *prev_output, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int axis, ReductionOperation op)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, prev_output, output, axis, op);
+}
+
+void CLArgMinMaxLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *prev_output, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int axis, ReductionOperation op)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (prev_output != nullptr) ? prev_output->info() : nullptr, output->info(), axis, op));
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (prev_output != nullptr) ? prev_output->info() : nullptr, output->info(), axis, op);
@@ -167,7 +172,7 @@
         default:
             ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR("Not supported");
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("arg_min_max_" + kernel_axis_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "arg_min_max_" + kernel_axis_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(std::get<1>(win_config), lws_hint);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index e6e2cb9..610d8e8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@
 
 void CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int batch_offset, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, batch_offset, output);
+}
+
+void CLBatchConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int batch_offset, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), batch_offset, output->info()));
 
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), batch_offset, output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index a5c8b1c..8776541 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@
 void CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *mean, const ICLTensor *var, const ICLTensor *beta, const ICLTensor *gamma,
                                                 float epsilon, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, mean, var, beta, gamma, epsilon, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLBatchNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *mean, const ICLTensor *var, const ICLTensor *beta,
+                                                const ICLTensor *gamma,
+                                                float epsilon, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, mean, var);
 
     _input   = input;
@@ -169,7 +176,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(gamma == nullptr, "-DUSE_DEFAULT_GAMMA");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("batchnormalization_layer_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "batchnormalization_layer_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Set kernel static arguments
     unsigned int include_output = (!_run_in_place) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
index 8046213..fbdd04c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
 void CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *block_shape, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, block_shape, output);
+}
+
+void CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *block_shape, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), block_shape->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input->info()->data_type()));
     build_opts.add_option("-DBATCH_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(3)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_width)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("batch_to_space_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "batch_to_space_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
@@ -108,6 +113,11 @@
 
 void CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const int32_t block_shape_x, const int32_t block_shape_y, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, block_shape_x, block_shape_y, output);
+}
+
+void CLBatchToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const int32_t block_shape_x, const int32_t block_shape_y, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     TensorShape output_shape = compute_batch_to_space_shape(input->info(), block_shape_x, block_shape_y);
@@ -127,7 +137,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DBLOCK_SHAPE_X=" + support::cpp11::to_string(block_shape_x));
     build_opts.add_option("-DBLOCK_SHAPE_Y=" + support::cpp11::to_string(block_shape_y));
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_width)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("batch_to_space_static_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "batch_to_space_static_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseAndKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseAndKernel.cpp
index 2d05f2e..df23b90 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseAndKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseAndKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 }
 void CLBitwiseAndKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLBitwiseAndKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@
     _output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("bitwise_and"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "bitwise_and");
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseNotKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseNotKernel.cpp
index 0098e15..2abfa46 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseNotKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseNotKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@
 
 void CLBitwiseNotKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLBitwiseNotKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
@@ -40,7 +45,7 @@
     _output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("bitwise_not"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "bitwise_not");
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseOrKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseOrKernel.cpp
index b3efab8..8ab509a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseOrKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseOrKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 
 void CLBitwiseOrKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLBitwiseOrKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@
     _output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("bitwise_or"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "bitwise_or");
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseXorKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseXorKernel.cpp
index d8ac486..c3ff7de 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseXorKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBitwiseXorKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 
 void CLBitwiseXorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLBitwiseXorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input1, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input2, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@
     _output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("bitwise_xor"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "bitwise_xor");
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel.cpp
index bca23c7..5ed5523 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
 
 void CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *boxes, ICLTensor *pred_boxes, const ICLTensor *deltas, const BoundingBoxTransformInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), boxes, pred_boxes, deltas, info);
+}
+
+void CLBoundingBoxTransformKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *boxes, ICLTensor *pred_boxes, const ICLTensor *deltas, const BoundingBoxTransformInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(boxes, pred_boxes, deltas);
     auto_init_if_empty(*pred_boxes->info(), deltas->info()->clone()->set_data_type(boxes->info()->data_type()).set_quantization_info(boxes->info()->quantization_info()));
 
@@ -137,7 +142,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = (is_quantized) ? "bounding_box_transform_quantized" : "bounding_box_transform";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Since the number of columns is a multiple of 4 by definition, we don't need to pad the tensor
     const unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 4;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBox3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBox3x3Kernel.cpp
index b81697f..e0979a8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBox3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLBox3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 
 void CLBox3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLBox3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@
                                        };
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("convolution3x3_static", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "convolution3x3_static", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCannyEdgeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCannyEdgeKernel.cpp
index 08bfe90..c1aa611 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCannyEdgeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCannyEdgeKernel.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
 
 void CLGradientKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *gx, const ICLTensor *gy, ICLTensor *magnitude, ICLTensor *phase, int32_t norm_type)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), gx, gy, magnitude, phase, norm_type);
+}
+
+void CLGradientKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *gx, const ICLTensor *gy, ICLTensor *magnitude, ICLTensor *phase, int32_t norm_type)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(gx, 1, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(gy, 1, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(magnitude, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::U32);
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = (norm_type == 1) ? std::string("combine_gradients_L1") : std::string("combine_gradients_L2");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, built_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, built_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 4;
@@ -120,6 +125,11 @@
 
 void CLEdgeNonMaxSuppressionKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *magnitude, const ICLTensor *phase, ICLTensor *output, int32_t lower_thr, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), magnitude, phase, output, lower_thr, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLEdgeNonMaxSuppressionKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *magnitude, const ICLTensor *phase, ICLTensor *output, int32_t lower_thr, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(magnitude, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::U32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(phase, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::U32);
@@ -135,7 +145,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("suppress_non_maximum");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, built_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, built_opts);
 
     // Set minimum threshold argument
     unsigned int idx = 3 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -195,6 +205,12 @@
 void CLEdgeTraceKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t upper_thr, int32_t lower_thr,
                                   ICLTensor *visited, ICLTensor *recorded, ICLTensor *l1_stack, ICLTensor *l1_stack_counter)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, upper_thr, lower_thr, visited, recorded, l1_stack, l1_stack_counter);
+}
+
+void CLEdgeTraceKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t upper_thr, int32_t lower_thr,
+                                  ICLTensor *visited, ICLTensor *recorded, ICLTensor *l1_stack, ICLTensor *l1_stack_counter)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::U32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(visited, 1, DataType::U32);
@@ -218,7 +234,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("hysteresis");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, built_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, built_opts);
 
     // Set constant kernel args
     unsigned int width  = _input->info()->dimension(0);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelCombineKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelCombineKernel.cpp
index d029efe..90face2 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelCombineKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelCombineKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 
 void CLChannelCombineKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *plane0, const ICLTensor *plane1, const ICLTensor *plane2, const ICLTensor *plane3, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), plane0, plane1, plane2, plane3, output);
+}
+
+void CLChannelCombineKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *plane0, const ICLTensor *plane1, const ICLTensor *plane2, const ICLTensor *plane3, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(plane0, plane1, plane2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(plane0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(plane1);
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = "channel_combine_" + string_from_format(output_format);
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Configure window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
@@ -136,6 +141,11 @@
 
 void CLChannelCombineKernel::configure(const ICLImage *plane0, const ICLImage *plane1, const ICLImage *plane2, ICLMultiImage *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), plane0, plane1, plane2, output);
+}
+
+void CLChannelCombineKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *plane0, const ICLImage *plane1, const ICLImage *plane2, ICLMultiImage *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(plane0, plane1, plane2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(plane0);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(plane1);
@@ -211,7 +221,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*plane0->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelExtractKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelExtractKernel.cpp
index d2a0f98..8df162c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelExtractKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelExtractKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 
 void CLChannelExtractKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, Channel channel, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, channel, output);
+}
+
+void CLChannelExtractKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, Channel channel, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(input == output);
 
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@
     // Create kernel
     std::string           kernel_name = "channel_extract_" + string_from_format(format);
     std::set<std::string> build_opts  = { ("-DCHANNEL_" + string_from_channel(channel)) };
-    _kernel                           = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                           = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure window
     Window                 win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps(_num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
@@ -106,6 +111,11 @@
 
 void CLChannelExtractKernel::configure(const ICLMultiImage *input, Channel channel, ICLImage *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, channel, output);
+}
+
+void CLChannelExtractKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLMultiImage *input, Channel channel, ICLImage *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(output);
 
@@ -151,7 +161,7 @@
         kernel_name = "channel_extract_" + string_from_format(format);
         build_opts.insert(("-DCHANNEL_" + string_from_channel(channel)));
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure window
     Window                 win = calculate_max_window(*input_plane->info(), Steps(_num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
index 27bf6b9..5e6bbb3 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
 
 void CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int num_groups)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, num_groups);
+}
+
+void CLChannelShuffleLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int num_groups)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     _input  = input;
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = "channel_shuffle_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(data_layout));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
index 643c2aa..d96ec96 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCol2ImKernel.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
 
 void CLCol2ImKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &convolved_dims, unsigned int num_groups)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, convolved_dims, num_groups);
+}
+
+void CLCol2ImKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &convolved_dims, unsigned int num_groups)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Perform validation step
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_OUTPUT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(_convolved_dims.width));
     build_opts.add_option("-DNUM_GROUPS=" + support::cpp11::to_string(num_groups));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("col2im", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "col2im", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), _convolved_dims, num_groups);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLColorConvertKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLColorConvertKernel.cpp
index f2eb848..720d925 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLColorConvertKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLColorConvertKernel.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 
 void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(input == nullptr);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(output == nullptr);
 
@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@
     _output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window                 win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
@@ -139,6 +144,11 @@
 
 void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(const ICLMultiImage *input, ICLImage *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLMultiImage *input, ICLImage *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(output == nullptr);
 
@@ -180,7 +190,7 @@
     _output      = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     const bool  has_two_planes = (input->info()->format() == Format::NV12) || (input->info()->format() == Format::NV21);
@@ -224,6 +234,11 @@
 
 void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, ICLMultiImage *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, ICLMultiImage *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(output == nullptr);
 
@@ -289,7 +304,7 @@
     _multi_output = output;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
@@ -331,6 +346,11 @@
 
 void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(const ICLMultiImage *input, ICLMultiImage *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLColorConvertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLMultiImage *input, ICLMultiImage *output)
+{
     unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 0;
     switch(input->info()->format())
     {
@@ -387,7 +407,7 @@
     float sub_sampling_input  = (has_two_input_planars || (input->info()->format() == Format::IYUV)) ? 0.5f : 1;
     float sub_sampling_output = (has_two_output_planars || (output->info()->format() == Format::IYUV)) ? 0.5f : 1;
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str());
 
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->cl_plane(0)->info(), Steps(num_elems_processed_per_iteration));
     win.set_dimension_step(Window::DimY, 2);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLComparisonKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLComparisonKernel.cpp
index e010743..61aeebe 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLComparisonKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLComparisonKernel.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
 
 void CLComparisonKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, ComparisonOperation operation)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output, operation);
+}
+
+void CLComparisonKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, ComparisonOperation operation)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(*input1->info(), *input2->info(), *output->info(), operation));
 
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
index 016a7bb..f57ff6c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
 void CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const TensorShape &original_input_shape,
                                                      DataLayout data_layout)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, original_input_shape, data_layout);
+}
+
+void CLConvertFullyConnectedWeightsKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const TensorShape &original_input_shape,
+                                                     DataLayout data_layout)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto initialisation if not yet initialized
@@ -70,7 +76,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DFACTOR_2=" + support::cpp11::to_string(factor_2));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("convert_fc_weights", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "convert_fc_weights", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvolutionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvolutionKernel.cpp
index 2e1c56c..3cc6d24 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvolutionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLConvolutionKernel.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
 template <unsigned int matrix_size>
 void CLConvolutionKernel<matrix_size>::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, uint32_t scale, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, conv, scale, border_undefined);
+}
+
+template <unsigned int matrix_size>
+void CLConvolutionKernel<matrix_size>::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, uint32_t scale, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(conv == nullptr);
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@
     out_type << "-DDATA_TYPE_OUT=" << get_cl_type_from_data_type(output->info()->data_type());
     build_opts.add_option(out_type.str());
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str(), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str(), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
@@ -130,6 +136,12 @@
 template <unsigned int matrix_size>
 void CLSeparableConvolutionHorKernel<matrix_size>::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, conv, border_undefined);
+}
+
+template <unsigned int matrix_size>
+void CLSeparableConvolutionHorKernel<matrix_size>::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
 
@@ -156,7 +168,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = "convolution_separable1x" + support::cpp11::to_string(matrix_size) + "_static";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
@@ -200,6 +212,13 @@
 void CLSeparableConvolutionVertKernel<matrix_size>::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output,
                                                               const int16_t *conv, uint32_t scale, bool border_undefined, DataType data_type)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, conv, scale, border_undefined, data_type);
+}
+
+template <unsigned int matrix_size>
+void CLSeparableConvolutionVertKernel<matrix_size>::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                              const int16_t *conv, uint32_t scale, bool border_undefined, DataType data_type)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U16, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((matrix_size != 5) && (matrix_size != 7) && (matrix_size != 9));
@@ -230,7 +249,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = "convolution_separable" + support::cpp11::to_string(matrix_size) + "x1_static";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
@@ -281,6 +300,12 @@
 
 void CLConvolutionRectangleKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t scale, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, conv, width, height, scale, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLConvolutionRectangleKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const int16_t *conv, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t scale,
+                                             bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(nullptr == conv);
@@ -317,7 +342,7 @@
     options.insert("-DMATRIX_WIDTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(width));
     options.insert("-DMATRIX_HEIGHT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(height));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("convolution_rectangle", options));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "convolution_rectangle", options);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCopyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCopyKernel.cpp
index 8a7353b..e59223e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCopyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCopyKernel.cpp
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@
 
 void CLCopyKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PaddingList &padding, Window *output_window)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, padding, output_window);
+}
+
+void CLCopyKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PaddingList &padding, Window *output_window)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), padding, output_window));
 
@@ -199,7 +204,7 @@
         }
 
         // Build kernel
-        _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("copy_tensor", build_opts.options()));
+        _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "copy_tensor", build_opts.options());
     }
     else
     {
@@ -217,7 +222,7 @@
         }
 
         // Build kernel
-        _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("copy_pad_tensor", build_opts.options()));
+        _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "copy_pad_tensor", build_opts.options());
 
         // Configure window
         win_config = validate_and_configure_window_with_padding(input->info(), output->info(), padding);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCropKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCropKernel.cpp
index e51861e..2c17c99 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCropKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLCropKernel.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 
 void CLCropKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, Coordinates2D start, Coordinates2D end, uint32_t batch_index, float extrapolation_value, Window *output_window)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, start, end, batch_index, extrapolation_value, output_window);
+}
+
+void CLCropKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, Coordinates2D start, Coordinates2D end, uint32_t batch_index, float extrapolation_value,
+                             Window *output_window)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate(input->info(), output->info(), start, end, batch_index, extrapolation_value, output_window));
 
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x && remainder_x, "-DLAST_ACCESSED_X=" + support::cpp11::to_string(std::max<int>(output_width_x - vec_size_x, 0)));
     build_opts.add_option_if(start.x > end.x, "-DWIDTH_FLIPPED=");
     build_opts.add_option_if(start.y > end.y, "-DHEIGHT_FLIPPED=");
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("crop_tensor", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "crop_tensor", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLCropKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, Coordinates2D start, Coordinates2D end, uint32_t batch_index, float extrapolation_value, Window *output_window)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel.cpp
index ee39203..f92f7da 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
 void CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output,
                                                    const PadStrideInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, info);
+}
+
+void CLDeconvolutionLayerUpsampleKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                   const PadStrideInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Perform validation step
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@
     // Create kernel
     CLBuildOptions build_opts;
     build_opts.add_option(("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_unsigned_type_from_element_size(input->info()->element_size())));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("deconvolution_upsample", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "deconvolution_upsample", build_opts.options());
 
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 1;
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel.cpp
index 2704c74..68607e9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel.cpp
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@
 void CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const ITensorInfo *input_info, const ITensorInfo *weights_info,
                                                    const PadStrideInfo &deconv_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, input_info, weights_info, deconv_info);
+}
+
+void CLDeconvolutionReshapeOutputKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const ITensorInfo *input_info,
+                                                   const ITensorInfo   *weights_info,
+                                                   const PadStrideInfo &deconv_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, input_info, weights_info);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (bias != nullptr ? bias->info() : nullptr), output->info(), input_info, weights_info, deconv_info));
 
@@ -148,7 +155,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(data_layout == DataLayout::NCHW, "-DNUM_FILTERS=" + support::cpp11::to_string(filter_b));
     build_opts.add_option_if(_add_bias, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("deconvolution_reshape", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "deconvolution_reshape", build_opts.options());
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index 99489036..241adb2 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@
 
 void CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int depth_offset, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, depth_offset, output);
+}
+
+void CLDepthConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int depth_offset, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), depth_offset, output->info()));
 
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), depth_offset, output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConvertLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConvertLayerKernel.cpp
index 13687a54..2e29dbf 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConvertLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthConvertLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
 
 void CLDepthConvertLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, ConvertPolicy policy, uint32_t shift)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, policy, shift);
+}
+
+void CLDepthConvertLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, ConvertPolicy policy, uint32_t shift)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Auto initialize output shape if not initialized (We can only auto-configure the shape, datatype must be given)
@@ -100,14 +105,14 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = (input_size >= output_size) ? "convert_depth_down" : "convert_depth_up";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set shift arg
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor(); // Skip the input and output parameters
     _kernel.setArg(idx++, shift);
 
     // Configure kernel
-    ICLSimple3DKernel::configure(input, output, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
+    ICLSimple2DKernel::configure(input, output, num_elems_processed_per_iteration);
 
     // Collapse window
     const Window &full_window      = window();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
index ad0d398..cd61a91 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
 
 void CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t block_shape)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, block_shape);
+}
+
+void CLDepthToSpaceLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t block_shape)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     TensorShape output_shape = compute_depth_to_space_shape(input->info(), block_shape);
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DCHANNEL_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_channel)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DBLOCK_SHAPE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(block_shape));
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_width)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("depth_to_space_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "depth_to_space_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
index a987567..e293fa2 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@
                                                          const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, ActivationLayerInfo act_info, const Size2D &dilation,
                                                          const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, weights, biases, output, conv_info, depth_multiplier, act_info, dilation, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
+}
+
+void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NCHWKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                         const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, ActivationLayerInfo act_info, const Size2D &dilation,
+                                                         const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, weights, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), weights->info(), (biases != nullptr) ? biases->info() : nullptr, output->info(),
                                                   conv_info, depth_multiplier, act_info, dilation,
@@ -337,7 +344,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(input->info()->data_type() == DataType::F16, "-DIS_F16");
     build_opts.add_option_if(input->info()->data_type() == DataType::F32, "-DIS_F32");
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NHWCKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NHWCKernel.cpp
index 4afca2b..71af63a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NHWCKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NHWCKernel.cpp
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@
                                                          const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, ActivationLayerInfo act_info, const Size2D &dilation,
                                                          const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, weights, biases, output, conv_info, depth_multiplier, act_info, dilation, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
+}
+
+void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3NHWCKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                         const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, ActivationLayerInfo act_info, const Size2D &dilation,
+                                                         const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, weights, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), weights->info(), (biases != nullptr) ? biases->info() : nullptr, output->info(),
                                                   conv_info, depth_multiplier, act_info, dilation,
@@ -328,7 +335,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(input->info()->data_type() == DataType::F32, "-DIS_F32");
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerNativeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerNativeKernel.cpp
index b4025ff..45df9ed 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerNativeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerNativeKernel.cpp
@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@
                                                         const DWCKernelInfo &dwc_info, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, const Size2D &dilation,
                                                         const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, weights, biases, output, dwc_weights_info, dwc_info, conv_info, depth_multiplier, dilation, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
+}
+
+void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerNativeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                        const DWCWeightsKernelInfo &dwc_weights_info,
+                                                        const DWCKernelInfo &dwc_info, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier, const Size2D &dilation,
+                                                        const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, weights, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), weights->info(), (biases != nullptr) ? biases->info() : nullptr, output->info(),
                                                   dwc_weights_info, dwc_info, conv_info, depth_multiplier, dilation,
@@ -284,7 +292,7 @@
     }
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel.cpp
index f746f1f..7e38e77 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
 
 void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const DepthwiseConvolutionReshapeInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, info);
+}
+
+void CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const DepthwiseConvolutionReshapeInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), info));
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), info);
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(info.transpose, "-DTRANSPOSE");
     build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_unsigned_type_from_element_size(input->info()->element_size()));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("depthwise_convolution_reshape_weights", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "depthwise_convolution_reshape_weights", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayerReshapeWeightsKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const DepthwiseConvolutionReshapeInfo &info)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDequantizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDequantizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 5d9a8fa..ae7489f 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDequantizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDequantizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
 
 void CLDequantizationLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLDequantizationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DLAST_ACCESSED_X=" + support::cpp11::to_string(std::max<int>(output_width_x - vec_size_x, 0)));
 
     // Create kernel name
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLDequantizationLayerKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDerivativeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDerivativeKernel.cpp
index bfda041..670cde3 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDerivativeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDerivativeKernel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 
 void CLDerivativeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLDerivativeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("derivative");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDilateKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDilateKernel.cpp
index 89853d7..0f6879d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDilateKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDilateKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@
 
 void CLDilateKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLDilateKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("dilate"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "dilate");
 
     _input  = input;
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
index d1dfcd9..ff3d106 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -423,6 +423,12 @@
 
 void CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, weights, biases, output, conv_info);
+}
+
+void CLDirectConvolutionLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output,
+                                               const PadStrideInfo &conv_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, weights, output);
 
     _data_layout          = input->info()->data_layout();
@@ -491,7 +497,7 @@
         build_options.add_option(std::string("-DWEIGHTS_DEPTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(_weights->info()->dimension(channel_idx))));
 
         kernel_name << "_f32_bifrost";
-        _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str(), build_options.options()));
+        _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str(), build_options.options());
     }
     else
     {
@@ -535,7 +541,7 @@
             build_options.add_option("-DKERNEL_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(kernel_size));
 
             // Create kernel
-            _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("direct_convolution_quantized", build_options.options()));
+            _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "direct_convolution_quantized", build_options.options());
 
             // Set static kernel arguments
             unsigned int idx = 3 * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor() + ((_biases != nullptr) ? num_arguments_per_1D_tensor() : 0) + 1;
@@ -546,7 +552,7 @@
         else
         {
             // Create kernel
-            _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name.str(), build_options.options()));
+            _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name.str(), build_options.options());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel.cpp
index a1aada4..7356c5a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@
 
 void CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ElementWiseUnary &op)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, op);
+}
+
+void CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ElementWiseUnary &op)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(*input->info(), *output->info()));
 
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLElementWiseUnaryLayerKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const ElementWiseUnary &op)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementwiseOperationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementwiseOperationKernel.cpp
index 0f2e26f..ee4ef40 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementwiseOperationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLElementwiseOperationKernel.cpp
@@ -237,6 +237,11 @@
 
 void CLElementwiseOperationKernel::configure_common(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure_common(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLElementwiseOperationKernel::configure_common(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(*input1->info(), *input2->info(), *output->info()));
 
@@ -264,7 +269,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 
@@ -329,10 +334,17 @@
 void CLSaturatedArithmeticOperationKernel::configure(ArithmeticOperation op, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const ConvertPolicy &policy,
                                                      const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), op, input1, input2, output, policy, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLSaturatedArithmeticOperationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ArithmeticOperation op, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                     const ConvertPolicy       &policy,
+                                                     const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
+{
     _policy   = policy;
     _op       = op;
     _act_info = act_info;
-    configure_common(input1, input2, output);
+    configure_common(compile_context, input1, input2, output);
 }
 
 Status CLSaturatedArithmeticOperationKernel::validate(ArithmeticOperation op, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *input2, const ITensorInfo *output, const ConvertPolicy &policy,
@@ -381,9 +393,15 @@
 
 void CLArithmeticOperationKernel::configure(ArithmeticOperation op, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), op, input1, input2, output, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLArithmeticOperationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ArithmeticOperation op, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output,
+                                            const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
+{
     _op       = op;
     _act_info = act_info;
-    configure_common(input1, input2, output);
+    configure_common(compile_context, input1, input2, output);
 }
 
 Status CLArithmeticOperationKernel::validate(ArithmeticOperation op, const ITensorInfo *input1, const ITensorInfo *input2, const ITensorInfo *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLErodeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLErodeKernel.cpp
index e56b71a..e959d1c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLErodeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLErodeKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -38,11 +38,16 @@
 
 void CLErodeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLErodeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("erode"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "erode");
 
     _input  = input;
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTDigitReverseKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTDigitReverseKernel.cpp
index 822f155..5542ad7 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTDigitReverseKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTDigitReverseKernel.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
 
 void CLFFTDigitReverseKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *idx, const FFTDigitReverseKernelInfo &config)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, idx, config);
+}
+
+void CLFFTDigitReverseKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *idx, const FFTDigitReverseKernelInfo &config)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, idx);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), idx->info(), config));
 
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DVEC_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->num_channels()));
     build_opts.add_option_if(config.conjugate, "-DCONJ");
     std::string kernel_name = "fft_digit_reverse_axis_" + support::cpp11::to_string(config.axis);
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), idx->info(), config);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTRadixStageKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTRadixStageKernel.cpp
index 73df5b2..6e7e1ef 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTRadixStageKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTRadixStageKernel.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
 void CLFFTRadixStageKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const FFTRadixStageKernelInfo &config)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, config);
+}
+
+void CLFFTRadixStageKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const FFTRadixStageKernelInfo &config)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr, config));
 
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@
     kernel_name += "_radix_" + support::cpp11::to_string(config.radix);
     kernel_name += (config.is_first_stage) ? "_first_stage" : "";
     kernel_name += "_axis_" + support::cpp11::to_string(config.axis);
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set static arguments if not the first stage
     if(!config.is_first_stage)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTScaleKernel.cpp
index 312c737..32e652a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFFTScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
 
 void CLFFTScaleKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const FFTScaleKernelInfo &config)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, config);
+}
+
+void CLFFTScaleKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const FFTScaleKernelInfo &config)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (output != nullptr) ? output->info() : nullptr));
 
@@ -91,7 +96,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DVEC_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output != nullptr ? output->info()->num_channels() : input->info()->num_channels()));
     build_opts.add_option_if(config.conjugate, "-DCONJ");
     std::string kernel_name = "fft_scale_conj";
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set static arguments
     unsigned int idx = (1 + (_run_in_place ? 0 : 1)) * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor(); // Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFastCornersKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFastCornersKernel.cpp
index 79ab3b7..2bd4d89 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFastCornersKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFastCornersKernel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 
 void CLFastCornersKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, ICLImage *output, float threshold, bool non_max_suppression, BorderMode border_mode)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, threshold, non_max_suppression, border_mode);
+}
+
+void CLFastCornersKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, ICLImage *output, float threshold, bool non_max_suppression, BorderMode border_mode)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("fast_corners");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); // Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -133,6 +138,11 @@
 
 void CLCopyToArrayKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, bool update_number, ICLKeyPointArray *corners, cl::Buffer *num_buffers)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, update_number, corners, num_buffers);
+}
+
+void CLCopyToArrayKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, bool update_number, ICLKeyPointArray *corners, cl::Buffer *num_buffers)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(corners == nullptr);
@@ -151,7 +161,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("copy_to_keypoint");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     //Get how many pixels skipped in the x dimension in the previous stages
     unsigned int offset = _input->info()->valid_region().anchor.x();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFillBorderKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFillBorderKernel.cpp
index c7a83fc..c69a8c9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFillBorderKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFillBorderKernel.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 
 void CLFillBorderKernel::configure(ICLTensor *tensor, BorderSize border_size, BorderMode border_mode, const PixelValue &constant_border_value)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), tensor, border_size, border_mode, constant_border_value);
+}
+
+void CLFillBorderKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *tensor, BorderSize border_size, BorderMode border_mode, const PixelValue &constant_border_value)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(tensor == nullptr);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(tensor->info()->num_channels() != 1);
 
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DBORDER_SIZE_RIGHT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(border_size.right));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
     _tensor = tensor;
 
     // Create static kernel arguments
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFlattenLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFlattenLayerKernel.cpp
index c078b0d..c2dc933 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFlattenLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFlattenLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 
 void CLFlattenLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLFlattenLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(output->info()->num_dimensions() > 2, "-DDST_DIM1=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(1)));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("flatten", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "flatten", build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = "flatten";
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel.cpp
index 1e1c3e0..6f4ba0e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,14 @@
                                                const ICLTensor *input_bias, const ICLTensor *bn_beta, const ICLTensor *bn_gamma,
                                                float epsilon, FuseBatchNormalizationType fbn_type)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input_weights, bn_mean, bn_var, fused_weights, fused_bias, input_bias, bn_beta, bn_gamma, epsilon, fbn_type);
+}
+
+void CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input_weights, const ICLTensor *bn_mean, const ICLTensor *bn_var,
+                                               ICLTensor *fused_weights, ICLTensor *fused_bias,
+                                               const ICLTensor *input_bias, const ICLTensor *bn_beta, const ICLTensor *bn_gamma,
+                                               float epsilon, FuseBatchNormalizationType fbn_type)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input_weights, bn_mean, bn_var);
 
     _input_weights = input_weights;
@@ -162,7 +170,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bn_gamma != nullptr, "-DGAMMA");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("fuse_batchnormalization_layer", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "fuse_batchnormalization_layer", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLFuseBatchNormalizationKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input_weights, const ITensorInfo *bn_mean, const ITensorInfo *bn_var,
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
index d13884f..0d4bbba 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMReshapeInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMReshapeInfo &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info(), gemm_info));
@@ -218,7 +223,7 @@
     kernel_name = "gemmlowp_mm_midgard";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
index 82ba824..bcf7156 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@
 void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info, const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info,
                                                      const GEMMReshapeInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
+                                                     const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info,
+                                                     const GEMMReshapeInfo   &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info(), lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info));
@@ -223,7 +230,7 @@
     std::string kernel_name("gemmlowp_mm_native");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
index dd1f221..ebb00a4 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@
 void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info, const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info,
                                                        const GEMMReshapeInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
+                                                       const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info,
+                                                       const GEMMReshapeInfo   &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info(), lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info));
@@ -214,7 +221,7 @@
     kernel_name += rhs_info.transpose ? "rhs_t" : "rhs_nt";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
index cef5b34..dd4c55c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
@@ -310,6 +310,13 @@
                                                               const ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const ICLTensor *bias,
                                                               const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output, gemm_info, vector_sum_col, vector_sum_row, bias, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info,
+                                                              const ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const ICLTensor *bias,
+                                                              const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(),
                                                   input1->info(),
@@ -420,7 +427,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
index 49905fe..fd2cc7a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@
 void CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel::configure(ICLTensor *mm_result, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const ICLTensor *bias, int32_t k, int32_t a_offset,
                                                    int32_t b_offset)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), mm_result, vector_sum_col, vector_sum_row, bias, k, a_offset, b_offset);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *mm_result, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const ICLTensor *bias,
+                                                   int32_t k, int32_t a_offset,
+                                                   int32_t b_offset)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(mm_result);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(mm_result->info(),
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@
     std::string kernel_name("gemmlowp_offset_contribution");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(mm_result->info(),
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionOutputStageKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionOutputStageKernel.cpp
index bae0a13..d52fb21 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionOutputStageKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionOutputStageKernel.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@
                                                               int32_t k, int32_t a_offset, int32_t b_offset, const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo &output_stage,
                                                               const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), mm_result, vector_sum_col, vector_sum_row, bias, output, k, a_offset, b_offset, output_stage, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpOffsetContributionOutputStageKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *mm_result, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const ICLTensor *vector_sum_row,
+                                                              const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                              int32_t k, int32_t a_offset, int32_t b_offset, const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo &output_stage,
+                                                              const ICLTensor *output_multipliers, const ICLTensor *output_shifts)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(mm_result, output, output_multipliers, output_shifts);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(mm_result->info(),
@@ -242,7 +250,7 @@
     kernel_name += "_" + string_from_gemmlowp_output_stage(output_stage.type);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(mm_result->info(),
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel.cpp
index 5a554f3..171dc48 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@
 void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
                                                               const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo *info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleByFloatKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                              const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo *info)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(), info));
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bias != nullptr, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_float", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_float", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(), info->output_data_type);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel.cpp
index 002af6b..ca85e8b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo *output_stage)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, output_stage);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ScaleKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLowpOutputStageInfo *output_stage)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
@@ -135,7 +140,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bias != nullptr, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(), output_stage->output_data_type);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt16ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt16ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
index 22300b9..00cef56 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt16ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt16ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@
                                                                           int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift,
                                                                           int min, int max)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, result_fixedpoint_multiplier, result_shift, min, max);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt16ScaleByFixedPointKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                                          int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift,
+                                                                          int min, int max)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(),
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bias != nullptr, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint_qsymm16", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint_qsymm16", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
index 9e0570a..b6d98e6 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@
                                                                          int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift, int result_offset_after_shift,
                                                                          int min, int max)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, result_fixedpoint_multiplier, result_shift, result_offset_after_shift, min, max);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToInt8ScaleByFixedPointKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                                         int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift, int result_offset_after_shift,
+                                                                         int min, int max)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(), min, max));
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bias != nullptr, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint", build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
index 6ab3272..7f2f2e7 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@
                                                                           int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift, int result_offset_after_shift,
                                                                           int min, int max)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, result_fixedpoint_multiplier, result_shift, result_offset_after_shift, min, max);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpQuantizeDownInt32ToUint8ScaleByFixedPointKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output,
+                                                                          int result_fixedpoint_multiplier, int result_shift, int result_offset_after_shift,
+                                                                          int min, int max)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), (bias != nullptr) ? bias->info() : nullptr, output->info(), min, max));
@@ -140,7 +147,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(bias != nullptr, "-DADD_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_output_stage_quantize_down_fixedpoint", build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
index 832e628..e81ab2f 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMLowpReductionKernel.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMLowpMatrixAReductionKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *mtx_a, ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const GEMMLowpReductionKernelInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), mtx_a, vector_sum_row, info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixAReductionKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *mtx_a, ICLTensor *vector_sum_row, const GEMMLowpReductionKernelInfo &info)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(mtx_a, vector_sum_row);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments_matrix_a_reduction(mtx_a->info(), vector_sum_row->info()));
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@
     std::string kernel_name = "gemmlowp_matrix_a_reduction" + std::string(is_dot8_supported ? "_dot8" : "");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     // This kernel does not need padding
@@ -154,6 +159,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMLowpMatrixBReductionKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *mtx_b, ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const GEMMLowpReductionKernelInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), mtx_b, vector_sum_col, info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMLowpMatrixBReductionKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *mtx_b, ICLTensor *vector_sum_col, const GEMMLowpReductionKernelInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(mtx_b, vector_sum_col);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments_matrix_b_reduction(mtx_b->info(), vector_sum_col->info()));
 
@@ -169,7 +179,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(info.mul_by_scalar, "-DSCALAR=" + support::cpp11::to_string(info.scalar));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemmlowp_matrix_b_reduction", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemmlowp_matrix_b_reduction", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window_matrix_b_reduction(_input->info(), _output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
index 806afb4..045ae28 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel::configure(ICLTensor *accum, const ICLTensor *biases)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), accum, biases);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *accum, const ICLTensor *biases)
+{
     // Perform validate step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(accum, biases);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(accum->info(), biases->info()));
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DVECTOR_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(vector_size));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gemm_accumulate_biases", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gemm_accumulate_biases", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLGEMMMatrixAccumulateBiasesKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *accum, const ITensorInfo *biases, GPUTarget gpu_target)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
index 8e76403..9587a04 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@
 void CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float alpha, float beta,
                                            bool is_interleaved_transposed, const GEMMReshapeInfo &reshape_info, bool fp_mixed_precision, const ActivationLayerInfo &activation_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, input2, output, alpha, beta, is_interleaved_transposed, reshape_info, fp_mixed_precision, activation_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float alpha, float beta,
+                                           bool is_interleaved_transposed, const GEMMReshapeInfo &reshape_info, bool fp_mixed_precision, const ActivationLayerInfo &activation_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     // Perform validate step
@@ -430,7 +436,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = "gemm_";
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
index d150391..af4b097 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@
                                                  const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
                                                  const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, input2, output, alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyNativeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float alpha,
+                                                 float                    beta,
+                                                 const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
+                                                 const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), (input2 != nullptr ? input2->info() : nullptr), output->info(), alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info));
@@ -281,7 +289,7 @@
     std::string kernel_name("gemm_mm_native");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
index 3f154a5..eb01486 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@
                                                    const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
                                                    const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, input2, output, alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float alpha,
+                                                   float                    beta,
+                                                   const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
+                                                   const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), (input2 != nullptr ? input2->info() : nullptr), output->info(), alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info));
@@ -277,7 +285,7 @@
     kernel_name += rhs_info.transpose ? "rhs_t" : "rhs_nt";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
index ed66997..011e93d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@
                                                           const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
                                                           const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, input2, output, alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float alpha,
+                                                          float                    beta,
+                                                          const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info,
+                                                          const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info, const GEMMKernelInfo &gemm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), (input2 != nullptr ? input2->info() : nullptr), output->info(), alpha, beta, lhs_info, rhs_info, gemm_info));
@@ -287,7 +295,7 @@
     kernel_name += rhs_info.transpose ? "t" : "nt";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = kernel_name;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
index 03889bd..98a1dee 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMMatrixVectorMultiplyKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DSRC_HEIGHT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input0->info()->dimension(1)));
 
     std::string kernel_name = is_quantized ? std::string("gemm_mv_quantized") : std::string("gemm_mv");
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Add static arguments
     if(is_quantized)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel.cpp
index 6f92522..73e3106 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info, bool reinterpret_input_as_3d)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, lhs_info, reinterpret_input_as_3d);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMReshapeLHSMatrixKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMLHSMatrixInfo &lhs_info, bool reinterpret_input_as_3d)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Perform validate step
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@
     kernel_name += lhs_info.transpose ? "t" : "nt";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), lhs_info, reinterpret_input_as_3d);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel.cpp
index 766b3e6..1623b1e5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@
 
 void CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, rhs_info);
+}
+
+void CLGEMMReshapeRHSMatrixKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const GEMMRHSMatrixInfo &rhs_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Perform validate step
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@
     kernel_name += rhs_info.transpose ? "t" : "nt";
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), rhs_info);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGatherKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGatherKernel.cpp
index ae77945..6bee66a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGatherKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGatherKernel.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 
 void CLGatherKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *indices, ICLTensor *output, int axis)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, indices, output, axis);
+}
+
+void CLGatherKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *indices, ICLTensor *output, int axis)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, indices);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), indices->info(), output->info(), axis));
 
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DAXIS=" + support::cpp11::to_string(_axis));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gather", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "gather", build_opts.options());
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian3x3Kernel.cpp
index 7e8f313..0edf46b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 
 void CLGaussian3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLGaussian3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@
                                        };
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("convolution3x3_static", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "convolution3x3_static", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian5x5Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian5x5Kernel.cpp
index 3b45b07..98436b9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian5x5Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussian5x5Kernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -29,17 +29,27 @@
 
 void CLGaussian5x5HorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLGaussian5x5HorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     const std::array<int16_t, 5> matrix = { 1, 4, 6, 4, 1 };
 
     // Set arguments
-    CLSeparableConvolution5x5HorKernel::configure(input, output, matrix.data(), border_undefined);
+    CLSeparableConvolution5x5HorKernel::configure(compile_context, input, output, matrix.data(), border_undefined);
 }
 
 void CLGaussian5x5VertKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLGaussian5x5VertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     const uint32_t scale = 256;
     const std::array<int16_t, 5> matrix = { 1, 4, 6, 4, 1 };
 
     // Set arguments
-    CLSeparableConvolution5x5VertKernel::configure(input, output, matrix.data(), scale, border_undefined);
+    CLSeparableConvolution5x5VertKernel::configure(compile_context, input, output, matrix.data(), scale, border_undefined);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussianPyramidKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussianPyramidKernel.cpp
index fd21bb6..8486d45 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussianPyramidKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGaussianPyramidKernel.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 
 void CLGaussianPyramidHorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLGaussianPyramidHorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(input->info()->dimension(1) != output->info()->dimension(1));
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("gaussian1x5_sub_x");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
@@ -150,6 +155,11 @@
 
 void CLGaussianPyramidVertKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLGaussianPyramidVertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(input->info()->dimension(0) != output->info()->dimension(0));
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("gaussian5x1_sub_y");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("gaussian5x1_sub_y"));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, "gaussian5x1_sub_y");
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGenerateProposalsLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGenerateProposalsLayerKernel.cpp
index 96e2213..0f09152 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGenerateProposalsLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGenerateProposalsLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
 
 void CLComputeAllAnchorsKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *anchors, ICLTensor *all_anchors, const ComputeAnchorsInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), anchors, all_anchors, info);
+}
+
+void CLComputeAllAnchorsKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *anchors, ICLTensor *all_anchors, const ComputeAnchorsInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(anchors, all_anchors);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(anchors->info(), all_anchors->info(), info));
 
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = (is_quantized) ? "generate_proposals_compute_all_anchors_quantized" : "generate_proposals_compute_all_anchors";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // The tensor all_anchors can be interpreted as an array of structs (each structs has values_per_roi fields).
     // This means we don't need to pad on the X dimension, as we know in advance how many fields
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDescriptorKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDescriptorKernel.cpp
index c251dec..f79388e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDescriptorKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDescriptorKernel.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 
 void CLHOGOrientationBinningKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input_magnitude, const ICLTensor *input_phase, ICLTensor *output, const HOGInfo *hog_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input_magnitude, input_phase, output, hog_info);
+}
+
+void CLHOGOrientationBinningKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input_magnitude, const ICLTensor *input_phase, ICLTensor *output, const HOGInfo *hog_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input_magnitude, 1, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input_phase, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(hog_info == nullptr);
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("hog_orientation_binning");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 1;
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_read_per_iteration      = 1;
@@ -139,6 +144,11 @@
 
 void CLHOGBlockNormalizationKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const HOGInfo *hog_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, hog_info);
+}
+
+void CLHOGBlockNormalizationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const HOGInfo *hog_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(hog_info == nullptr);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, hog_info->num_bins(), DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_NOT_IN(output, DataType::F32);
@@ -172,7 +182,7 @@
     build_opts.insert(args_str.str());
 
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("hog_block_normalization");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 1;
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_read_per_iteration      = 1;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDetectorKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDetectorKernel.cpp
index c003df4..02fad20 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDetectorKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHOGDetectorKernel.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
 void CLHOGDetectorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLHOG *hog, ICLDetectionWindowArray *detection_windows, cl::Buffer *num_detection_windows, const Size2D &detection_window_stride,
                                     float threshold, uint16_t idx_class)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, hog, detection_windows, num_detection_windows, detection_window_stride, threshold, idx_class);
+}
+
+void CLHOGDetectorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLHOG *hog, ICLDetectionWindowArray *detection_windows, cl::Buffer *num_detection_windows,
+                                    const Size2D &detection_window_stride,
+                                    float threshold, uint16_t idx_class)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_NOT_IN(input, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(hog == nullptr);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(detection_windows == nullptr);
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("hog_detector");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); // Skip the input parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHarrisCornersKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHarrisCornersKernel.cpp
index eb1ebf6..2c344c7 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHarrisCornersKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHarrisCornersKernel.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@
                                     int32_t block_size, float norm_factor, float strength_thresh, float sensitivity,
                                     bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output, block_size, norm_factor, strength_thresh, sensitivity, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLHarrisScoreKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input1, const ICLImage *input2, ICLImage *output,
+                                    int32_t block_size, float norm_factor, float strength_thresh, float sensitivity,
+                                    bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input1);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input2);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(output);
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@
     std::set<std::string> build_opts = { ("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input1->info()->data_type())) };
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(harris_score_kernel_name.str(), build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, harris_score_kernel_name.str(), build_opts);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 3 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index a92382d..8d9e1b9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
 
 void CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int height_offset, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, height_offset, output);
+}
+
+void CLHeightConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int height_offset, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), height_offset, output->info()));
 
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate_height", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate_height", build_opts.options());
     // Configure kernel window
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(std::get<0>(win_config));
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHistogramKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHistogramKernel.cpp
index adb998d..5c44f6e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHistogramKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLHistogramKernel.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 
 void CLHistogramKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, ICLDistribution1D *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLHistogramKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, ICLDistribution1D *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(nullptr == output);
 
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@
     // Create kernel
     bool              is_fixed_size = (256 == num_bins) && (1 == window_size) && (0 == offset) && (256 == offrange);
     const std::string kernel_name   = is_fixed_size ? "hist_local_kernel_fixed" : "hist_local_kernel";
-    _kernel                         = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                         = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -158,6 +163,11 @@
 
 void CLHistogramBorderKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, ICLDistribution1D *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLHistogramBorderKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, ICLDistribution1D *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(nullptr == output);
 
@@ -190,7 +200,7 @@
     // Create kernel
     bool              is_fixed_size = (256 == num_bins) && (1 == window_size) && (0 == offset) && (256 == offrange);
     const std::string kernel_name   = is_fixed_size ? "hist_border_kernel_fixed" : "hist_border_kernel";
-    _kernel                         = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                         = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
index 4023c14..b24d250 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIm2ColKernel.cpp
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@
 void CLIm2ColKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &kernel_dims, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, bool has_bias, const Size2D &dilation,
                                unsigned int num_groups)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, kernel_dims, conv_info, has_bias, dilation, num_groups);
+}
+
+void CLIm2ColKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &kernel_dims, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, bool has_bias,
+                               const Size2D &dilation,
+                               unsigned int  num_groups)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), kernel_dims, conv_info, has_bias, dilation, num_groups));
 
@@ -311,7 +318,7 @@
     Im2ColConfiguration im2col_config = configure_opencl_kernel(input->info(), kernel_dims, conv_info, has_bias, dilation, num_groups);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(im2col_config.kernel_name, im2col_config.build_options));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, im2col_config.kernel_name, im2col_config.build_options);
 
     _input                             = input;
     _output                            = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 30684a2..62a0485 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
 
 void CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const InstanceNormalizationLayerKernelInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, info);
+}
+
+void CLInstanceNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const InstanceNormalizationLayerKernelInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
 
     _input  = input;
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(_input->info()->data_layout() == DataLayout::NHWC, "-DNHWC");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("instance_normalization", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "instance_normalization", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(_input->info(), _output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIntegralImageKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIntegralImageKernel.cpp
index 79aa820..415531d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIntegralImageKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLIntegralImageKernel.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 
 void CLIntegralImageHorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLIntegralImageHorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U32);
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("integral_horizontal");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     const unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = input->info()->dimension(0);
@@ -85,13 +90,18 @@
 
 void CLIntegralImageVertKernel::configure(ICLTensor *in_out)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), in_out);
+}
+
+void CLIntegralImageVertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *in_out)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(in_out, 1, DataType::U32);
 
     _in_out = in_out;
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("integral_vertical");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration_x = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel.cpp
index a0d7be0..1817d15 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
 
 void CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *sum, ICLTensor *output, int axis, float epsilon)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, sum, output, axis, epsilon);
+}
+
+void CLL2NormalizeLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *sum, ICLTensor *output, int axis, float epsilon)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, sum, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), sum->info(), output->info(), axis, epsilon));
 
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@
         default:
             ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR("Axis not supported");
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("l2_normalize_" + kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "l2_normalize_" + kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Set epsilon argument
     if(input->info()->data_type() == DataType::F32)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLKTrackerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLKTrackerKernel.cpp
index 68a210c..3a7c1b5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLKTrackerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLKTrackerKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
 void CLLKTrackerInitKernel::configure(const ICLKeyPointArray *old_points, const ICLKeyPointArray *new_points_estimates,
                                       ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *old_points_internal, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal,
                                       bool use_initial_estimate, size_t level, size_t num_levels, float pyramid_scale)
+{
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), old_points, new_points_estimates, old_points_internal, new_points_internal, use_initial_estimate, level, num_levels, pyramid_scale);
+}
+
+void CLLKTrackerInitKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLKeyPointArray *old_points, const ICLKeyPointArray *new_points_estimates,
+                                      ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *old_points_internal, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal,
+                                      bool use_initial_estimate, size_t level, size_t num_levels, float pyramid_scale)
 
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(old_points == nullptr);
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@
     {
         kernel_name += (use_initial_estimate) ? std::string("_max_initial_estimate") : std::string("_max");
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 0;
@@ -87,13 +94,18 @@
 }
 
 void CLLKTrackerFinalizeKernel::configure(ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal, ICLKeyPointArray *new_points)
+{
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), new_points_internal, new_points);
+}
+
+void CLLKTrackerFinalizeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal, ICLKeyPointArray *new_points)
 
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(new_points_internal == nullptr);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(new_points == nullptr);
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("finalize"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "finalize");
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 0;
@@ -124,6 +136,14 @@
                                         ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *old_points_internal, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal,
                                         ICLCoefficientTableArray *coeff_table, ICLOldValArray *old_ival,
                                         size_t window_dimension, size_t level)
+{
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), old_input, old_scharr_gx, old_scharr_gy, old_points_internal, new_points_internal, coeff_table, old_ival, window_dimension, level);
+}
+
+void CLLKTrackerStage0Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *old_input, const ICLTensor *old_scharr_gx, const ICLTensor *old_scharr_gy,
+                                        ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *old_points_internal, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal,
+                                        ICLCoefficientTableArray *coeff_table, ICLOldValArray *old_ival,
+                                        size_t window_dimension, size_t level)
 
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(old_input, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -175,7 +195,7 @@
     };
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("lktracker_stage0"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "lktracker_stage0");
 
     // Set arguments
     unsigned int idx = 3 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor();
@@ -212,6 +232,13 @@
 
 void CLLKTrackerStage1Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *new_input, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal, ICLCoefficientTableArray *coeff_table, ICLOldValArray *old_ival,
                                         Termination termination, float epsilon, size_t num_iterations, size_t window_dimension, size_t level)
+{
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), new_input, new_points_internal, coeff_table, old_ival, termination, epsilon, num_iterations, window_dimension, level);
+}
+
+void CLLKTrackerStage1Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *new_input, ICLLKInternalKeypointArray *new_points_internal, ICLCoefficientTableArray *coeff_table,
+                                        ICLOldValArray *old_ival,
+                                        Termination termination, float epsilon, size_t num_iterations, size_t window_dimension, size_t level)
 
 {
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(new_input, 1, DataType::U8);
@@ -257,7 +284,7 @@
     const int term_epsilon = (termination == Termination::TERM_CRITERIA_EPSILON || termination == Termination::TERM_CRITERIA_BOTH) ? 1 : 0;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("lktracker_stage1"));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "lktracker_stage1");
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
index ad2f3a4..fb75058 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
 
 void CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input0, input1, output);
+}
+
+void CLLocallyConnectedMatrixMultiplyKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input0, const ICLTensor *input1, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input0, input1, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -108,7 +113,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string data_type_name = lower_string(string_from_data_type(input0->info()->data_type()));
-    _kernel                    = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(("gemm_lc_vm_" + data_type_name), build_opts));
+    _kernel                    = create_kernel(compile_context, ("gemm_lc_vm_" + data_type_name), build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input0->info(), input1->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMagnitudePhaseKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMagnitudePhaseKernel.cpp
index 68f793b..2c28e03 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMagnitudePhaseKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMagnitudePhaseKernel.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 void CLMagnitudePhaseKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *gx, const ICLTensor *gy, ICLTensor *magnitude, ICLTensor *phase,
                                        MagnitudeType mag_type, PhaseType phase_type)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), gx, gy, magnitude, phase, mag_type, phase_type);
+}
+
+void CLMagnitudePhaseKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *gx, const ICLTensor *gy, ICLTensor *magnitude, ICLTensor *phase,
+                                       MagnitudeType mag_type, PhaseType phase_type)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(gx, 1, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(gy, 1, DataType::S16, DataType::S32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((magnitude == nullptr) && (phase == nullptr));
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("magnitude_phase");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 16;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevKernel.cpp
index 7bfd6d6..5a6630d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
 
 void CLMeanStdDevKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, float *mean, cl::Buffer *global_sum, float *stddev, cl::Buffer *global_sum_squared)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, mean, global_sum, stddev, global_sum_squared);
+}
+
+void CLMeanStdDevKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, float *mean, cl::Buffer *global_sum, float *stddev, cl::Buffer *global_sum_squared)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, mean, global_sum);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(stddev && nullptr == global_sum_squared);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(CLMeanStdDevKernel::validate(input->info(), mean, global_sum, stddev, global_sum_squared));
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@
         build_opts.insert("-DSTDDEV");
     }
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("mean_stddev_accumulate", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "mean_stddev_accumulate", build_opts);
 
     // Set fixed arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel.cpp
index 72935ce..11ef86e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
 void CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, float epsilon)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, epsilon);
+}
+
+void CLMeanStdDevNormalizationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, float epsilon)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
 
     _run_in_place = (output == nullptr) || (output == input);
@@ -105,7 +110,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(_run_in_place, "-DIN_PLACE");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("mean_stddev_normalization", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "mean_stddev_normalization", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (_run_in_place) ? nullptr : output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMedian3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMedian3x3Kernel.cpp
index fca8d9b..cfc9591 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMedian3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMedian3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 
 void CLMedian3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLMedian3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("non_linear_filter_box3x3");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, { "-DMEDIAN" }));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, { "-DMEDIAN" });
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMemsetKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMemsetKernel.cpp
index b06ae7e..9b37cb8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMemsetKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMemsetKernel.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
                                const PixelValue &constant_value,
                                Window           *window)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), tensor, constant_value, window);
+}
+
+void CLMemsetKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *tensor,
+                               const PixelValue &constant_value,
+                               Window           *window)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(tensor);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate(tensor->info(), constant_value, window));
 
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DCONSTANT_VALUE=" + string_from_pixel_value(constant_value, data_type));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DVEC_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(vec_size_x));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x && remainder_x, "-DLAST_ACCESSED_X=" + support::cpp11::to_string(std::max<int>(output_width_x - vec_size_x, 0)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("memset", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "memset", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLMemsetKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *tensor, const PixelValue &constant_value, Window *window)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
index 622270a..c89bbcb 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@
 
 void CLMinMaxLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLMinMaxLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@
     build_opts.emplace("-DDEPTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(2)));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("minmax_layer", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "minmax_layer", build_opts);
 
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info());
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLocationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLocationKernel.cpp
index 3cead37..77c945b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLocationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLMinMaxLocationKernel.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
 
 void CLMinMaxKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, cl::Buffer *min_max)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, min_max);
+}
+
+void CLMinMaxKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, cl::Buffer *min_max)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(min_max == nullptr);
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("minmax", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "minmax", build_opts);
 
     // Set fixed arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -169,6 +174,12 @@
 
 void CLMinMaxLocationKernel::configure(const ICLImage *input, cl::Buffer *min_max, cl::Buffer *min_max_count, ICLCoordinates2DArray *min_loc, ICLCoordinates2DArray *max_loc)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, min_max, min_max_count, min_loc, max_loc);
+}
+
+void CLMinMaxLocationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLImage *input, cl::Buffer *min_max, cl::Buffer *min_max_count, ICLCoordinates2DArray *min_loc,
+                                       ICLCoordinates2DArray *max_loc)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_TENSOR_NOT_2D(input);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(min_max == nullptr);
@@ -189,7 +200,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("minmaxloc", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "minmaxloc", build_opts);
 
     // Set static arguments
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonLinearFilterKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonLinearFilterKernel.cpp
index 5e41974..01b8733 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonLinearFilterKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonLinearFilterKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@
                                         unsigned int mask_size, MatrixPattern pattern, const uint8_t *mask,
                                         bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, function, mask_size, pattern, mask, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLNonLinearFilterKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, NonLinearFilterFunction function,
+                                        unsigned int mask_size, MatrixPattern pattern, const uint8_t *mask,
+                                        bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(mask_size != 3 && mask_size != 5);
@@ -78,7 +85,7 @@
     ss << "non_linear_filter_" << pattern_name << mask_size << "x" << mask_size;
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(ss.str(), build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, ss.str(), build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel.cpp
index 4e41f0d..dd6aa1e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 
 void CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLNonMaximaSuppression3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::F32);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::F32);
 
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::set<std::string> build_opts = { ("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input->info()->data_type())) };
-    _kernel                          = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("non_max_suppression", build_opts));
+    _kernel                          = create_kernel(compile_context, "non_max_suppression", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 024d1de..6284a6a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@
 
 void CLNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, norm_info);
+}
+
+void CLNormalizationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, NormalizationLayerInfo norm_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@
             kernel_name = "normalization_layer_in_map_nchw";
         }
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), norm_info);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel.cpp
index c713e1f..d46581e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
 
 void CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *mean, const ICLTensor *std)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, mean, std);
+}
+
+void CLNormalizePlanarYUVLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *mean, const ICLTensor *std)
+{
     // Perform validation step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, mean, std);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), mean->info(), std->info()));
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     kernel_name += lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout()));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), mean->info(), std->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPadLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPadLayerKernel.cpp
index 3eeef55..764e2a4 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPadLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPadLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@
 
 void CLPadLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PaddingList &padding, PixelValue constant_value, PaddingMode mode)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, padding, constant_value, mode);
+}
+
+void CLPadLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PaddingList &padding, PixelValue constant_value, PaddingMode mode)
+{
     // Perform validation step
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), padding, constant_value, mode));
@@ -189,7 +194,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLPadLayerKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const PaddingList &padding, PixelValue constant_value, PaddingMode mode)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
index 9a4d72d..3f1f870 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPermuteKernel.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
 
 void CLPermuteKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PermutationVector &perm)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, perm);
+}
+
+void CLPermuteKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PermutationVector &perm)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), perm));
 
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DP3=" + support::cpp11::to_string((_perm.num_dimensions() >= 3) ? perm[2] : 2));
     build_opts.add_option("-DP4=" + support::cpp11::to_string((_perm.num_dimensions() >= 4) ? perm[3] : 3));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("permute", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "permute", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure  kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
index 2df3ff4..49f5e04 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 void CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float scale,
                                                 ConvertPolicy overflow_policy, RoundingPolicy rounding_policy, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output, scale, overflow_policy, rounding_policy, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, float scale,
+                                                ConvertPolicy overflow_policy, RoundingPolicy rounding_policy, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(),
                                                   scale, overflow_policy, rounding_policy, act_info));
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set scale argument
     unsigned int idx = 3 * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor(); // Skip the inputs and output parameters
@@ -370,6 +376,11 @@
 
 void CLComplexPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLComplexPixelWiseMultiplicationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments_complex(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info(), act_info));
 
@@ -390,7 +401,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("pixelwise_mul_complex", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "pixelwise_mul_complex", build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
index dbbca47..43b8f85 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,11 @@
 
 void CLPoolingLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PoolingLayerInfo &pool_info, ICLTensor *indices)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, pool_info, indices);
+}
+
+void CLPoolingLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const PoolingLayerInfo &pool_info, ICLTensor *indices)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Set instance variables
@@ -275,12 +280,12 @@
 
                 std::string kernel_name = ((is_pool3x3_stride_le3) ? "pooling_layer_optimized_" : "pooling_layer_")
                                           + support::cpp11::to_string(pool_size_x);
-                _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+                _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
             }
             else // Run general case
             {
                 std::string kernel_name = is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(data_type) ? "pooling_layer_MxN_quantized_nchw" : "pooling_layer_MxN_nchw";
-                _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+                _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
             }
             break;
         }
@@ -292,7 +297,7 @@
             build_opts.add_option_if(output->info()->tensor_shape().total_size_upper(3) > 1,
                                      "-DDST_DEPTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(idx_height)));
             std::string kernel_name = is_data_type_quantized_asymmetric(data_type) ? "pooling_layer_MxN_quantized_nhwc" : "pooling_layer_MxN_nhwc";
-            _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+            _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
             break;
         }
         default:
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPriorBoxLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPriorBoxLayerKernel.cpp
index ed70f4d..9f930c5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPriorBoxLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLPriorBoxLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@
 
 void CLPriorBoxLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const PriorBoxLayerInfo &info, cl::Buffer *min, cl::Buffer *max, cl::Buffer *aspect_ratios)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output, info, min, max, aspect_ratios);
+}
+
+void CLPriorBoxLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output, const PriorBoxLayerInfo &info, cl::Buffer *min,
+                                      cl::Buffer *max, cl::Buffer *aspect_ratios)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
 
     _input1        = input1;
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@
     }
 
     unsigned int idx = num_arguments_per_2D_tensor();
-    _kernel          = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("prior_box_layer_nchw", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel          = create_kernel(compile_context, "prior_box_layer_nchw", build_opts.options());
 
     _kernel.setArg(idx++, *_min);
     _kernel.setArg(idx++, *_max);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLQuantizationLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLQuantizationLayerKernel.cpp
index 2ec2bd1..e017946 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLQuantizationLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLQuantizationLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@
 
 void CLQuantizationLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLQuantizationLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DMIN_QUANT_VAL=" + support::cpp11::to_string(min_max_quant_values.first));
     build_opts.add_option("-DMAX_QUANT_VAL=" + support::cpp11::to_string(min_max_quant_values.second));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("quantization_layer", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "quantization_layer", build_opts.options());
 }
 
 Status CLQuantizationLayerKernel::validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output)
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIAlignLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIAlignLayerKernel.cpp
index 41ed8ed..cc1af52 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIAlignLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIAlignLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@
 
 void CLROIAlignLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *rois, ICLTensor *output, const ROIPoolingLayerInfo &pool_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, rois, output, pool_info);
+}
+
+void CLROIAlignLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *rois, ICLTensor *output, const ROIPoolingLayerInfo &pool_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, rois);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), rois->info(), output->info(), pool_info));
 
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = (is_qasymm) ? "roi_align_layer_quantized" : "roi_align_layer";
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
index dad33b1..5f64215 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLROIPoolingLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@
 
 void CLROIPoolingLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *rois, ICLTensor *output, const ROIPoolingLayerInfo &pool_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, rois, output, pool_info);
+}
+
+void CLROIPoolingLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *rois, ICLTensor *output, const ROIPoolingLayerInfo &pool_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, rois, output);
 
     //Validate arguments
@@ -115,7 +120,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = "roi_pooling_layer";
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor() + num_arguments_per_1D_array();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRangeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRangeKernel.cpp
index 4024de7..97b5f01 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRangeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRangeKernel.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
 
 void CLRangeKernel::configure(ICLTensor *output, const float start, const float end, const float step)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), output, start, end, step);
+}
+
+void CLRangeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *output, const float start, const float end, const float step)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(*(output->info()), start, end, step));
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@
         kernel_name += "_quantized";
     }
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReductionOperationKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReductionOperationKernel.cpp
index 7563f02..5c76016 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReductionOperationKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReductionOperationKernel.cpp
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@
 
 void CLReductionOperationKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int axis, ReductionOperation op, unsigned int width)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, axis, op, width);
+}
+
+void CLReductionOperationKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int axis, ReductionOperation op, unsigned int width)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), axis, op, width));
@@ -227,7 +232,7 @@
         default:
             ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR("Not supported");
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reduction_operation_" + kernel_axis_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "reduction_operation_" + kernel_axis_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(_input->info(), _output->info(), axis, op);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRemapKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRemapKernel.cpp
index 12161fc..fb425b5 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRemapKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLRemapKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
 
 void CLRemapKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *map_x, const ICLTensor *map_y, ICLTensor *output, InterpolationPolicy policy, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, map_x, map_y, output, policy, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLRemapKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *map_x, const ICLTensor *map_y, ICLTensor *output, InterpolationPolicy policy,
+                              bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(map_x, 1, DataType::F32);
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@
     std::string           interpolation_name = string_from_interpolation_policy(policy);
     std::transform(interpolation_name.begin(), interpolation_name.end(), interpolation_name.begin(), ::tolower);
     std::string kernel_name = "remap_" + interpolation_name;
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 4;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReorgLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReorgLayerKernel.cpp
index 4aa50c1..e36bcbb 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReorgLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReorgLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@
 
 void CLReorgLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t stride)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, stride);
+}
+
+void CLReorgLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t stride)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), stride));
 
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_type_from_data_type(input->info()->data_type()));
     build_opts.add_option("-DSRC_DEPTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_channel)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DSTRIDE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(stride));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure window
     // auto inizialize the output tensor if not yet initialized
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
index a6053d9..33a1cea 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReshapeLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@
 
 void CLReshapeLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLReshapeLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::set<std::string> build_opts = { "-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_unsigned_type_from_element_size(input->info()->element_size()) };
-    _kernel                          = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reshape_layer", build_opts));
+    _kernel                          = create_kernel(compile_context, "reshape_layer", build_opts);
 
     // Add static arguments
     const cl_int2 input_shape =
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReverseKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReverseKernel.cpp
index 83708e2..d88a78c 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReverseKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLReverseKernel.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@
 
 void CLReverseKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *axis)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, axis);
+}
+
+void CLReverseKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ICLTensor *axis)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output, axis);
 
     _input  = input;
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DDATA_TYPE=" + get_cl_unsigned_type_from_element_size(input->info()->element_size()));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reverse", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "reverse", build_opts.options());
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_4D_tensor() + num_arguments_per_1D_tensor();
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
index 244afb5..33c7ad7 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScaleKernel.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,12 @@
 
 void CLScaleKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, InterpolationPolicy policy, BorderMode border_mode, SamplingPolicy sampling_policy, bool align_corners)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, policy, border_mode, sampling_policy, align_corners);
+}
+
+void CLScaleKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, InterpolationPolicy policy, BorderMode border_mode, SamplingPolicy sampling_policy,
+                              bool align_corners)
+{
     _align_corners = policy == InterpolationPolicy::BILINEAR
                      && sampling_policy == SamplingPolicy::TOP_LEFT
                      && align_corners;
@@ -236,7 +242,7 @@
     std::string kernel_name = "scale_" + interpolation_name;
     kernel_name += call_quantized_kernel ? "_quantized_" : "_";
     kernel_name += lower_string(string_from_data_layout(_data_layout));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     unsigned int idx = is_nhwc ? 2 * num_arguments_per_4D_tensor() : 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScharr3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScharr3x3Kernel.cpp
index 94b0d38..9f5bdb3 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScharr3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLScharr3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
 
 void CLScharr3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLScharr3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
@@ -83,7 +88,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("scharr3x3", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "scharr3x3", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSelectKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSelectKernel.cpp
index 5ee5405..866ec6b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSelectKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSelectKernel.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@
 }
 void CLSelectKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *c, const ICLTensor *x, const ICLTensor *y, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), c, x, y, output);
+}
+
+void CLSelectKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *c, const ICLTensor *x, const ICLTensor *y, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(c, x, y, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(c->info(), x->info(), y->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -141,7 +146,7 @@
         kernel_name += "_different_rank";
         kernel_name += is_input_rank_greater_than_two ? "_n" : "_2";
     }
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(c->info(), x->info(), y->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel3x3Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel3x3Kernel.cpp
index 1186feb..1c97c13 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel3x3Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel3x3Kernel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 
 void CLSobel3x3Kernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLSobel3x3Kernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("sobel3x3");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel5x5Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel5x5Kernel.cpp
index cafdd98..5978077 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel5x5Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel5x5Kernel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 
 void CLSobel5x5HorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLSobel5x5HorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
@@ -86,7 +91,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("sobel_separable1x5");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
@@ -148,6 +153,11 @@
 
 void CLSobel5x5VertKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input_x, const ICLTensor *input_y, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input_x, input_y, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLSobel5x5VertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input_x, const ICLTensor *input_y, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
     _run_sobel_x = output_x != nullptr;
@@ -185,7 +195,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("sobel_separable5x1");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     const ICLTensor *input = _run_sobel_x ? _input_x : _input_y;
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel7x7Kernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel7x7Kernel.cpp
index 0c5bb58..183ebce 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel7x7Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSobel7x7Kernel.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
 
 void CLSobel7x7HorKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLSobel7x7HorKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     constexpr unsigned int num_elems_processed_per_iteration = 8;
@@ -150,6 +155,11 @@
 
 void CLSobel7x7VertKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input_x, const ICLTensor *input_y, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input_x, input_y, output_x, output_y, border_undefined);
+}
+
+void CLSobel7x7VertKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input_x, const ICLTensor *input_y, ICLTensor *output_x, ICLTensor *output_y, bool border_undefined)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON((output_x == nullptr) && (output_y == nullptr));
 
     _run_sobel_x = output_x != nullptr;
@@ -187,7 +197,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     const std::string kernel_name = std::string("sobel_separable7x1");
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts);
 
     const ICLTensor *input = _run_sobel_x ? _input_x : _input_y;
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
index d7a1778..112d864 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSoftmaxLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,11 @@
 
 void CLLogits1DMaxShiftExpSumKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *max, ICLTensor *output, ICLTensor *sum, const SoftmaxKernelInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, max, output, sum, info);
+}
+
+void CLLogits1DMaxShiftExpSumKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *max, ICLTensor *output, ICLTensor *sum, const SoftmaxKernelInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, max, sum, output);
 
     // Output auto initialization if not yet initialized
@@ -277,7 +282,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel.
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Set static arguments. Both the kernels use the same arguments
     unsigned int idx = 4 * num_arguments_per_3D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
@@ -343,6 +348,11 @@
 
 void CLLogits1DNormKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *sum, ICLTensor *output, const SoftmaxKernelInfo &info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, sum, output, info);
+}
+
+void CLLogits1DNormKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *sum, ICLTensor *output, const SoftmaxKernelInfo &info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, sum, output);
 
     // Note: output should always have a scale of 1/256 and offset 0
@@ -376,7 +386,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = is_quantized_asymmetric ? "softmax_layer_norm_quantized" : "softmax_layer_norm";
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window_1DNorm(input->info(), output->info(), sum->info(), info);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel.cpp
index 1b02eef..520924e 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
 
 void CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *block_shape, const ICLTensor *paddings, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, block_shape, paddings, output);
+}
+
+void CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *block_shape, const ICLTensor *paddings, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), block_shape->info(), paddings->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -113,7 +118,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_width)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DHEIGHT_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_height)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DBATCH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(input->info()->dimension(idx_batch)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("space_to_batch_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "space_to_batch_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output->info(), Steps());
@@ -123,6 +128,13 @@
 void CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const int block_shape_x, const int block_shape_y, const Size2D &padding_left, const Size2D &padding_right,
                                           ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, block_shape_x, block_shape_y, padding_left, padding_right, output);
+}
+
+void CLSpaceToBatchLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const int block_shape_x, const int block_shape_y, const Size2D &padding_left,
+                                          const Size2D &padding_right,
+                                          ICLTensor    *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     TensorShape output_shape = misc::shape_calculator::compute_space_to_batch_shape(input->info(), block_shape_x, block_shape_y, padding_left, padding_right);
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DPAD_RIGHT_X=" + support::cpp11::to_string(padding_right.x()));
     build_opts.add_option("-DPAD_LEFT_Y=" + support::cpp11::to_string(padding_left.y()));
     build_opts.add_option("-DPAD_RIGHT_Y=" + support::cpp11::to_string(padding_right.y()));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("space_to_batch_static_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "space_to_batch_static_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel.cpp
index a7e3777..b4bd3b8 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 
 void CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t block_shape)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, block_shape);
+}
+
+void CLSpaceToDepthLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, int32_t block_shape)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     TensorShape output_shape = compute_depth_to_space_shape(input->info(), block_shape);
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DCHANNEL_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(idx_channel)));
     build_opts.add_option("-DBLOCK_SHAPE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(block_shape));
     build_opts.add_option("-DWIDTH_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(idx_width)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("space_to_depth_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "space_to_depth_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStackLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStackLayerKernel.cpp
index 2da35d4..bc8645b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStackLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStackLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 
 void CLStackLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int axis, unsigned int idx_input, unsigned int num_tensors, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, axis, idx_input, num_tensors, output);
+}
+
+void CLStackLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int axis, unsigned int idx_input, unsigned int num_tensors, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), axis, idx_input, num_tensors, output->info()));
 
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DDST_DIM3=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(3)));
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("stack_layer", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "stack_layer", build_opts.options());
 
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(win_config.first);
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win_config.second);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStridedSliceKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStridedSliceKernel.cpp
index 63478f1..99c0b0b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStridedSliceKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLStridedSliceKernel.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@
                                      const Coordinates &starts, const Coordinates &ends, const BiStrides &strides,
                                      int32_t begin_mask, int32_t end_mask, int32_t shrink_axis_mask)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, starts, ends, strides, begin_mask, end_mask, shrink_axis_mask);
+}
+
+void CLStridedSliceKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output,
+                                     const Coordinates &starts, const Coordinates &ends, const BiStrides &strides,
+                                     int32_t begin_mask, int32_t end_mask, int32_t shrink_axis_mask)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), starts, ends, strides, begin_mask, end_mask, shrink_axis_mask));
 
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@
                                   "-DDST_DEPTH=1");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("strided_slice", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "strided_slice", build_opts.options());
 
     // Set config_id for enabling LWS tuning
     _config_id = "strided_slice";
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTableLookupKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTableLookupKernel.cpp
index bbdaa37..f6c6ffb 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTableLookupKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTableLookupKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 
 void CLTableLookupKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLLut *lut, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, lut, output);
+}
+
+void CLTableLookupKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLLut *lut, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S16);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(lut == nullptr);
@@ -46,7 +51,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = (DataType::S16 == lut->type()) ? "tablelookup_S16" : "tablelookup_U8";
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Set lut argument
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLThresholdKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLThresholdKernel.cpp
index 6e07cef..3a94fac 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLThresholdKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLThresholdKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2017 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 void CLThresholdKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, uint8_t threshold,
                                   uint8_t false_value, uint8_t true_value, ThresholdType type, uint8_t upper)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, threshold, false_value, true_value, type, upper);
+}
+
+void CLThresholdKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, uint8_t threshold,
+                                  uint8_t false_value, uint8_t true_value, ThresholdType type, uint8_t upper)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
 
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name);
 
     // Set arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTileKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTileKernel.cpp
index b205e3a..5db69d3 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTileKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTileKernel.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
 
 void CLTileKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Multiples &multiples)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, multiples);
+}
+
+void CLTileKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Multiples &multiples)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Auto initialize output
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option("-DDST_DEPTH=" + support::cpp11::to_string(output->info()->dimension(2)));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DOFFSET=" + support::cpp11::to_string(offset));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DVEC_SIZE=" + support::cpp11::to_string(vec_size_x));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("tile", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "tile", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure window without padding
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
index eb348ff..37f07e6 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLTransposeKernel.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@
 
 void CLTransposeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output);
+}
+
+void CLTransposeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto inizialitation if not yet initialized
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@
     data_type_in_bytes << input->info()->element_size();
     build_opts.emplace("-DDATA_TYPE_IN_BYTES=" + data_type_in_bytes.str());
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("transpose", build_opts));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "transpose", build_opts);
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLUpsampleLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLUpsampleLayerKernel.cpp
index a061236..8df6d5d 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLUpsampleLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLUpsampleLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
 
 void CLUpsampleLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &info, const InterpolationPolicy upsampling_policy)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, info, upsampling_policy);
+}
+
+void CLUpsampleLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const Size2D &info, const InterpolationPolicy upsampling_policy)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_UNUSED(upsampling_policy);
 
@@ -126,7 +131,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DVEC_SIZE_OUT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(num_elems_processed_per_iteration_x));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DLAST_ACCESSED_X_IN=" + support::cpp11::to_string(std::max<int>(_input->info()->dimension(0) - _num_elems_processed_per_iteration_input_x, 0)));
     build_opts.add_option_if(multi_access_x, "-DLAST_ACCESSED_X_OUT=" + support::cpp11::to_string(std::max<int>(output_width_x - num_elems_processed_per_iteration_x, 0)));
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("upsample_layer_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "upsample_layer_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout())), build_opts.options());
 
     ICLKernel::configure_internal(win);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpAffineKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpAffineKernel.cpp
index 4aaa491..43bd34f 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpAffineKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpAffineKernel.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@
 
 void CLWarpAffineKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const std::array<float, 9> &matrix, InterpolationPolicy policy)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, matrix, policy);
+}
+
+void CLWarpAffineKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const std::array<float, 9> &matrix, InterpolationPolicy policy)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(InterpolationPolicy::AREA == policy);
@@ -77,7 +82,7 @@
     std::string interpolation_name = string_from_interpolation_policy(policy);
     std::transform(interpolation_name.begin(), interpolation_name.end(), interpolation_name.begin(), ::tolower);
     const std::string kernel_name = "warp_affine_" + interpolation_name;
-    _kernel                       = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, options));
+    _kernel                       = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, options);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpPerspectiveKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpPerspectiveKernel.cpp
index e537aec..3c47567 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpPerspectiveKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWarpPerspectiveKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
 
 void CLWarpPerspectiveKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const std::array<float, 9> &matrix, InterpolationPolicy policy)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, matrix, policy);
+}
+
+void CLWarpPerspectiveKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const std::array<float, 9> &matrix, InterpolationPolicy policy)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(output, 1, DataType::U8);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON(InterpolationPolicy::AREA == policy);
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@
     std::string interpolation_name = string_from_interpolation_policy(policy);
     std::transform(interpolation_name.begin(), interpolation_name.end(), interpolation_name.begin(), ::tolower);
     std::string kernel_name = "warp_perspective_" + interpolation_name;
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, options));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, options);
 
     // Set static kernel arguments
     unsigned int idx = 2 * num_arguments_per_2D_tensor(); //Skip the input and output parameters
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
index 373cbe5..a0db660 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWeightsReshapeKernel.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 
 void CLWeightsReshapeKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int num_groups)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, biases, output, num_groups);
+}
+
+void CLWeightsReshapeKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output, unsigned int num_groups)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto inizialitation if not yet initialized
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@
     build_opts.add_option_if(biases != nullptr, "-DHAS_BIAS");
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("reshape_to_columns", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "reshape_to_columns", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure window
     Window win = calculate_max_window(*input->info(), Steps());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel.cpp
index 4d52f09..ea549e9 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
 
 void CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, output);
+}
+
+void CLWidthConcatenate2TensorsKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate_width_x2", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate_width_x2", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input1->info(), input2->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel.cpp
index 0673365..e1ec9d1 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@
 
 void CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, const ICLTensor *input3, const ICLTensor *input4, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input1, input2, input3, input4, output);
+}
+
+void CLWidthConcatenate4TensorsKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input1, const ICLTensor *input2, const ICLTensor *input3, const ICLTensor *input4,
+                                                 ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input1, input2, input3, input4, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input1->info(), input2->info(), input3->info(), input4->info(), output->info()));
 
@@ -156,7 +162,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate_width_x4", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate_width_x4", build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input1->info(), input2->info(), input3->info(), input4->info(), output->info());
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
index eaefe66..9ff373b 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
 
 void CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int width_offset, ICLTensor *output)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, width_offset, output);
+}
+
+void CLWidthConcatenateLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, unsigned int width_offset, ICLTensor *output)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), width_offset, output->info()));
 
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@
     }
 
     // Create kernel
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel("concatenate_width", build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, "concatenate_width", build_opts.options());
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), width_offset, output->info());
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(std::get<0>(win_config));
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel.cpp
index b4135f2..3864912 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
 
 void CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, winograd_info);
+}
+
+void CLWinogradFilterTransformKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output auto initialization if not yet initialized
@@ -119,7 +124,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = "winograd_filter_transform_" + output_tile_size.to_string() + "_" + kernel_size.to_string() + "_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout()));
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     _input  = input;
     _output = output;
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradInputTransformKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradInputTransformKernel.cpp
index 5b76a3d..cf882ae 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradInputTransformKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradInputTransformKernel.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@
 
 void CLWinogradInputTransformKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, winograd_info);
+}
+
+void CLWinogradInputTransformKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_THROW_ON(validate_arguments(input->info(), output->info(), winograd_info));
 
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@
     kernel_name += support::cpp11::to_string(_step_z);
     kernel_name += "_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(_data_layout));
 
-    _kernel = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Create window and update padding
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), output->info(), winograd_info);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel.cpp
index 0bd3b28..f08b5ac 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@
 
 void CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel::configure(const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, bias, output, winograd_info, act_info);
+}
+
+void CLWinogradOutputTransformKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, const ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *bias, ICLTensor *output, const WinogradInfo &winograd_info,
+                                                const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input, output);
 
     // Output tensor auto initialization if not yet initialized
@@ -188,7 +194,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = "winograd_output_transform_" + output_tile_size.to_string() + "_" + kernel_size.to_string() + "_" + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(winograd_info.output_data_layout));
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Configure kernel window
     auto win_config = validate_and_configure_window(input->info(), (bias != nullptr ? bias->info() : nullptr), output->info(), winograd_info.output_tile_size);
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLYOLOLayerKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLYOLOLayerKernel.cpp
index f634d91..ee11923 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLYOLOLayerKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLYOLOLayerKernel.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@
 
 void CLYOLOLayerKernel::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info, int32_t num_classes)
 {
+    configure(CLKernelLibrary::get().get_compile_context(), input, output, act_info, num_classes);
+}
+
+void CLYOLOLayerKernel::configure(CLCompileContext &compile_context, ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, const ActivationLayerInfo &act_info, int32_t num_classes)
+{
     ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_NULLPTR(input);
 
     _run_in_place = (output == nullptr) || (output == input);
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@
 
     // Create kernel
     std::string kernel_name = std::string("yolo_layer_") + lower_string(string_from_data_layout(input->info()->data_layout()));
-    _kernel                 = static_cast<cl::Kernel>(CLKernelLibrary::get().create_kernel(kernel_name, build_opts.options()));
+    _kernel                 = create_kernel(compile_context, kernel_name, build_opts.options());
 
     // Make sure _kernel is initialized before calling the parent's configure
     _input  = input;
diff --git a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLActivationLayer.cpp b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLActivationLayer.cpp
index 0b29fe1..9882145 100644
--- a/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLActivationLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/runtime/CL/functions/CLActivationLayer.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
 
 void CLActivationLayer::configure(ICLTensor *input, ICLTensor *output, ActivationLayerInfo act_info)
 {
-    auto core_ctx = _ctx ? _ctx->core_runtime_context() : /* Legacy */ nullptr;
-
-    auto k = arm_compute::support::cpp14::make_unique<CLActivationLayerKernel>(core_ctx);
+    auto k = arm_compute::support::cpp14::make_unique<CLActivationLayerKernel>();
     k->configure(input, output, act_info);
     _kernel = std::move(k);
 }