diff --git a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
index 39f521c..0b33aff 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/RefLayerSupport.cpp
@@ -1026,10 +1026,11 @@
     bool supported = true;
 
     // Define supported output and inputs types.
-    std::array<DataType,2> supportedTypes =
+    std::array<DataType,3> supportedTypes =
     {
         DataType::Float32,
-        DataType::QuantisedAsymm8
+        DataType::QuantisedAsymm8,
+        DataType::QuantisedSymm16
     };
 
     supported &= CheckSupportRule(TypeAnyOf(input, supportedTypes), reasonIfUnsupported,
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
index d550f00..82a4120 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,16 @@
     RefCreatePooling2dWorkloadTest<RefPooling2dWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8>(DataLayout::NHWC);
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreatePooling2dInt16Workload)
+{
+    RefCreatePooling2dWorkloadTest<RefPooling2dWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>(DataLayout::NCHW);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreatePooling2dInt16NhwcWorkload)
+{
+    RefCreatePooling2dWorkloadTest<RefPooling2dWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>(DataLayout::NHWC);
+}
+
 template <typename SoftmaxWorkloadType, armnn::DataType DataType>
 static void RefCreateSoftmaxWorkloadTest()
 {
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
index f54a8d0..35ce5b3 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
@@ -125,39 +125,48 @@
 
 
 // Pooling
+//MaxPooling
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2Test, false)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2Uint8, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2Uint8Test, false)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2Int16, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize2x2Stride2x2Int16Test, false)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4Test, false)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4Uint8, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4Uint8Test, false)
-
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dTest)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dUint8Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
-
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dTest)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dUint8Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPadding, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingTest)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingUint8,
-    IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingUint8Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
-
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dTest)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dUint8Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Test)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4Int16, SimpleMaxPooling2dSize3x3Stride2x4Int16Test, false)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2d, SimpleMaxPooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dNhwc, SimpleMaxPooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dUint8, SimpleMaxPooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dInt16, SimpleMaxPooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dUint8Nhwc, SimpleMaxPooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleMaxPooling2dInt16Nhwc, SimpleMaxPooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
 
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dTest)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dInt16, IgnorePaddingSimpleMaxPooling2dInt16Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Int16, IgnorePaddingMaxPooling2dSize3Int16Test)
+
+//AveragePooling
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2d, SimpleAveragePooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2dNhwc, SimpleAveragePooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2dUint8, SimpleAveragePooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2dInt16, SimpleAveragePooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2dUint8Nhwc, SimpleAveragePooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleAveragePooling2dInt16Nhwc, SimpleAveragePooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
+
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dTest)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dInt16, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dInt16Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPadding, IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingTest)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingUint8,
+                     IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingInt16,
+                     IgnorePaddingSimpleAveragePooling2dNoPaddingInt16Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Int16, IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3Int16Test)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3x2Stride2x2,
                      IgnorePaddingAveragePooling2dSize3x2Stride2x2Test, false)
@@ -166,17 +175,33 @@
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(LargeTensorsAveragePooling2d, LargeTensorsAveragePooling2dTest)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(LargeTensorsAveragePooling2dUint8, LargeTensorsAveragePooling2dUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(LargeTensorsAveragePooling2dInt16, LargeTensorsAveragePooling2dInt16Test)
+
+//L2Pooling
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2d, IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dTest)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dUint8, IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dInt16, IgnorePaddingSimpleL2Pooling2dInt16Test)
+
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3, IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Uint8, IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Uint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Int16, IgnorePaddingL2Pooling2dSize3Int16Test)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2d, SimpleL2Pooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2dNhwc, SimpleL2Pooling2dTest, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2dUint8, SimpleL2Pooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2dInt16, SimpleL2Pooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2dNhwcUint8, SimpleL2Pooling2dUint8Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleL2Pooling2dNhwcInt16, SimpleL2Pooling2dInt16Test, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(L2Pooling2dSize7, L2Pooling2dSize7Test)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(L2Pooling2dSize7Uint8, L2Pooling2dSize7Uint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(L2Pooling2dSize7Int16, L2Pooling2dSize7Int16Test)
 
+//NonSquarePooling
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(AsymmNonSquarePooling2d, AsymmetricNonSquarePooling2dTest)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(AsymmNonSquarePooling2dUint8, AsymmetricNonSquarePooling2dUint8Test)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(AsymmNonSquarePooling2dInt16, AsymmetricNonSquarePooling2dInt16Test)
+
 
 // Linear Activation
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(ConstantLinearActivation, ConstantLinearActivationTest)