diff --git a/arm_compute/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.h b/arm_compute/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.h
index dffc0da..e75152f 100644
--- a/arm_compute/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.h
+++ b/arm_compute/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@
 
     /** Set the input and output of the kernel.
      *
-     * @param[in]  input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
+     * @param[in]  input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/QASYMM8_SIGNED/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
      * @param[out] output The output tensor. Data types supported: Same as @p input
      * @param[in]  perm   Permutation vector
      */
     void configure(const ITensor *input, ITensor *output, const PermutationVector &perm);
     /** Static function to check if given info will lead to a valid configuration of @ref CPPPermuteKernel
      *
-     * @param[in] input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
+     * @param[in] input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/QASYMM8_SIGNED/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
      * @param[in] output The output tensor. Data types supported: Same as @p input
      * @param[in] perm   Permutation vector
      *
diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/CPP/functions/CPPPermute.h b/arm_compute/runtime/CPP/functions/CPPPermute.h
index 1b604e4..5a6d8ea 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/CPP/functions/CPPPermute.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/CPP/functions/CPPPermute.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@
 public:
     /** Configure the permute CPP kernel
      *
-     * @param[in]  input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
+     * @param[in]  input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: All
      * @param[out] output The output tensor. Data types supported: Same as @p input
      * @param[in]  perm   Permutation vector
      */
     void configure(const ITensor *input, ITensor *output, const PermutationVector &perm);
     /** Static function to check if given info will lead to a valid configuration of @ref CPPPermute
      *
-     * @param[in] input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: U8/S8/QASYMM8/U16/S16/F16/U32/S32/F32
+     * @param[in] input  The input tensor to permute. Data types supported: All
      * @param[in] output The output tensor. Data types supported: Same as @p input
      * @param[in] perm   Permutation vector
      *
diff --git a/src/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.cpp b/src/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.cpp
index d9fe5b0..9d89836 100644
--- a/src/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.cpp
+++ b/src/core/CPP/kernels/CPPPermuteKernel.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2018 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
 {
 Status validate_arguments(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *output, const PermutationVector &perm)
 {
-    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_DATA_TYPE_CHANNEL_NOT_IN(input, 1, DataType::U8, DataType::S8, DataType::QASYMM8,
-                                                         DataType::U16, DataType::S16,
-                                                         DataType::U32, DataType::S32,
-                                                         DataType::F16, DataType::F32);
+    ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON(input->data_type() == DataType::UNKNOWN);
     ARM_COMPUTE_RETURN_ERROR_ON_MSG(perm.num_dimensions() > 4, "Only up to 4D permutation vectors are supported");
 
     const TensorShape output_shape = misc::shape_calculator::compute_permutation_output_shape(*input, perm);
diff --git a/tests/validation/CPP/Permute.cpp b/tests/validation/CPP/Permute.cpp
index 3d28df1..aab63e6 100644
--- a/tests/validation/CPP/Permute.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/CPP/Permute.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 ARM Limited.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2020 ARM Limited.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 TEST_SUITE(CPP)
 TEST_SUITE(Permute)
 
-DATA_TEST_CASE(Configuration, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", { DataType::S8, DataType::U8, DataType::S16, DataType::U16, DataType::U32, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32 })),
+DATA_TEST_CASE(Configuration, framework::DatasetMode::ALL, combine(datasets::Small4DShapes(), framework::dataset::make("DataType", { DataType::S8, DataType::U8, DataType::S16, DataType::U16, DataType::U32, DataType::S32, DataType::F16, DataType::F32, DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED })),
                shape, data_type)
 {
     // Define permutation vector
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@
 }
 TEST_SUITE_END()
 
+TEST_SUITE(QASYMM8_SINGED)
+FIXTURE_DATA_TEST_CASE(RunSmall, CPPPermuteFixture<int8_t>, framework::DatasetMode::PRECOMMIT,
+                       PermuteParametersSmall * framework::dataset::make("DataType", DataType::QASYMM8_SIGNED))
+{
+    // Validate output
+    validate(Accessor(_target), _reference);
+}
+
+TEST_SUITE_END() // QASYMM8_SINGED
+
 TEST_SUITE_END()
 TEST_SUITE_END()
 } // namespace validation