diff --git a/tests/validation_new/CPP/NormalizationLayer.cpp b/tests/validation_new/CPP/NormalizationLayer.cpp
index 72f4900..a8818d8 100644
--- a/tests/validation_new/CPP/NormalizationLayer.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation_new/CPP/NormalizationLayer.cpp
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
 template SimpleTensor<float> normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<float> &src, NormalizationLayerInfo info);
 template SimpleTensor<half_float::half> normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<half_float::half> &src, NormalizationLayerInfo info);
 template SimpleTensor<qint8_t> normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<qint8_t> &src, NormalizationLayerInfo info);
+template SimpleTensor<qint16_t> normalization_layer(const SimpleTensor<qint16_t> &src, NormalizationLayerInfo info);
 } // namespace reference
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test