diff --git a/src/core/CL/CLUtils.cpp b/src/core/CL/CLUtils.cpp
index 5d0cdf7..67af240 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/CLUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/CLUtils.cpp
@@ -26,12 +26,26 @@
 
 #include "src/core/CL/CLUtils.h"
 
-cl::Image2D arm_compute::create_image2d_from_buffer(const cl::Context &ctx, const cl::Buffer &buffer, const TensorShape &shape2d, cl_channel_type data_type, size_t image_row_pitch)
+cl::Image2D arm_compute::create_image2d_from_buffer(const cl::Context &ctx, const cl::Buffer &buffer, const TensorShape &shape2d, DataType data_type, size_t image_row_pitch)
 {
+    cl_channel_type cl_data_type;
+
+    switch(data_type)
+    {
+        case DataType::F32:
+            cl_data_type = CL_FLOAT;
+            break;
+        case DataType::F16:
+            cl_data_type = CL_HALF_FLOAT;
+            break;
+        default:
+            ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR("Data type not support with OpenCL image2d");
+    }
+
     cl_mem cl_image;
     cl_int err = CL_SUCCESS;
 
-    const cl_image_format format = { CL_RGBA, data_type };
+    const cl_image_format format = { CL_RGBA, cl_data_type };
 
     cl_image_desc desc;
     memset(&desc, 0, sizeof(desc));
diff --git a/src/core/CL/CLUtils.h b/src/core/CL/CLUtils.h
index 8f1c58b..b65d547 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/CLUtils.h
+++ b/src/core/CL/CLUtils.h
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
  * @param[in] ctx             cl::Context object
  * @param[in] buffer          cl::Buffer object from which the OpenCL image2d object is created
  * @param[in] shape2d         2D tensor shape
- * @param[in] data_type       cl_channel_type to use. Only supported CL_FLOAT
+ * @param[in] data_type       DataType to use. Only supported: F32,F16
  * @param[in] image_row_pitch Image row pitch (a.k.a. stride Y) to be used in the image2d object
  *
  * @return cl::Image2D object
  */
-cl::Image2D create_image2d_from_buffer(const cl::Context &ctx, const cl::Buffer &buffer, const TensorShape &shape2d, cl_channel_type data_type, size_t image_row_pitch);
+cl::Image2D create_image2d_from_buffer(const cl::Context &ctx, const cl::Buffer &buffer, const TensorShape &shape2d, DataType data_type, size_t image_row_pitch);
 
 } // arm_compute
 
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
index 8f20de1..b0f0e8a 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedKernel.cpp
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@
         const TensorShape shape2d(_input1->info()->dimension(0) / 4, _input1->info()->dimension(1) * _input1->info()->dimension(2));
         const size_t      image_row_pitch = _input1->info()->strides_in_bytes()[1];
 
-        input1_image2d = create_image2d_from_buffer(CLKernelLibrary::get().context(), _input1->cl_buffer(), shape2d, CL_FLOAT, image_row_pitch);
+        input1_image2d = create_image2d_from_buffer(CLKernelLibrary::get().context(), _input1->cl_buffer(), shape2d, _input1->info()->data_type(), image_row_pitch);
     }
 
     do
diff --git a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
index cf77c70..0ae30ed 100644
--- a/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CL/kernels/CLGEMMMatrixMultiplyReshapedOnlyRHSKernel.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
         const TensorShape shape2d(_input1->info()->dimension(0) / 4, _input1->info()->dimension(1) * _input1->info()->dimension(2));
         const size_t      image_row_pitch = _input1->info()->strides_in_bytes()[1];
 
-        input1_image2d = create_image2d_from_buffer(CLKernelLibrary::get().context(), _input1->cl_buffer(), shape2d, CL_FLOAT, image_row_pitch);
+        input1_image2d = create_image2d_from_buffer(CLKernelLibrary::get().context(), _input1->cl_buffer(), shape2d, _input1->info()->data_type(), image_row_pitch);
     }
 
     do