diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
index 7e44dbd..fede366 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <armnn/Types.hpp>
+#include <armnn/IRuntime.hpp>
 
 namespace armnn
 {
 class IWorkloadFactory;
+class IBackendContext;
 
 class IBackendInternal : public IBackend
 {
@@ -23,7 +25,10 @@
     ~IBackendInternal() override = default;
 
     using IWorkloadFactoryPtr = std::unique_ptr<IWorkloadFactory>;
+    using IBackendContextPtr = std::unique_ptr<IBackendContext>;
+
     virtual IWorkloadFactoryPtr CreateWorkloadFactory() const = 0;
+    virtual IBackendContextPtr CreateBackendContext(const IRuntime::CreationOptions&) const = 0;
 };
 
 using IBackendInternalUniquePtr = std::unique_ptr<IBackendInternal>;