diff --git a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.h b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.h
index 6e5ce4c..b1eb4b9 100644
--- a/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.h
+++ b/arm_compute/runtime/CL/functions/CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer.h
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@
     void configure(ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier = 1,
                    ActivationLayerInfo act_info = ActivationLayerInfo());
 
+    /** Static function to check if given info will lead to a valid configuration of @ref CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer3x3
+     *
+     * @param[in] input            Source tensor. Data type supported: QASYMM8 for all layouts, F16/F32 for NCHW.
+     * @param[in] weights          Weights tensor. A 3D tensor with shape [3, 3, IFM]. Data type supported: Same as @p input.
+     * @param[in] biases           Biases tensor. A 1D tensor with shape [IFM]. Must be nullptr if not needed.
+     *                             Data type supported: Same as @p input, S32 when input is QASYMM8.
+     * @param[in] output           Destination tensor. Data type supported: same as @p input.
+     * @param[in] conv_info        Padding and stride information to use for the convolution.
+     * @param[in] depth_multiplier (Optional) Multiplier to apply to the input's depth in order to retrieve the output's depth. Defaults to 1.
+     * @param[in] act_info         (Optional) Activation layer information in case of a fused activation. Only RELU, BOUNDED_RELU and LU_BOUNDED_RELU for 3x3 QASYMM8 supported.
+     * @param[in] gpu_target       (Optional) GPU target to validate the kernel for. Defaults to midgard.
+     *
+     * @return a status
+     */
+    static Status validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *weights, const ITensorInfo *biases, const ITensorInfo *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier = 1,
+                           ActivationLayerInfo act_info = ActivationLayerInfo(), GPUTarget gpu_target = GPUTarget::MIDGARD);
     // Inherited methods overriden:
     void run() override;
 
@@ -108,6 +124,20 @@
      */
     void configure(ICLTensor *input, const ICLTensor *weights, const ICLTensor *biases, ICLTensor *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier = 1);
 
+    /** Static function to check if given info will lead to a valid configuration of @ref CLDepthwiseConvolutionLayer
+     *
+     * @param[in] input            Source tensor. Data type supported: QASYMM8/F32.
+     * @param[in] weights          Weights tensor. These are 3D tensors with shape [kernel_x, kernel_y, IFM]. Data type supported: Same as @p input.
+     * @param[in] biases           Biases tensor. A 1D tensor with shape [IFM]. Must be nullptr if not needed.
+     *                             Data type supported: Same as @p input, S32 when input is QASYMM8.
+     * @param[in] output           Destination tensor. Data type supported: same as @p input.
+     * @param[in] conv_info        Padding and stride information to use for the convolution.
+     * @param[in] depth_multiplier (Optional) Multiplier to apply to the input's depth in order to retrieve the output's depth. Defaults to 1.
+     *
+     * @return a status
+     */
+    static Status validate(const ITensorInfo *input, const ITensorInfo *weights, const ITensorInfo *biases, const ITensorInfo *output, const PadStrideInfo &conv_info, unsigned int depth_multiplier);
+
     // Inherited methods overriden:
     void run() override;