diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
index 8d15530..a0fc728 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
@@ -682,6 +682,11 @@
     RefCreateRsqrtTest<RefRsqrtWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8>();
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateRsqrtQsymm16)
+{
+    RefCreateRsqrtTest<RefRsqrtWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>();
+}
+
 template <typename L2NormalizationWorkloadType, armnn::DataType DataType>
 static void RefCreateL2NormalizationTest(DataLayout dataLayout)
 {