diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
index 48b85cb..95da7ab 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefCreateWorkloadTests.cpp
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@
     RefCreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest<RefFullyConnectedWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8>();
 }
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(CreateFullyConnectedWorkloadQuantisedAsymm16)
+{
+    RefCreateFullyConnectedWorkloadTest<RefFullyConnectedWorkload, armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>();
+}
+
 template <typename NormalizationWorkloadType, armnn::DataType DataType>
 static void RefCreateNormalizationWorkloadTest(DataLayout dataLayout)
 {
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
index ed8f02f..1207c1d 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
@@ -234,11 +234,13 @@
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TanhInt16, TanhInt16Test)
 
 
-// Fully Conected
+// Fully Connected
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleFullyConnected, FullyConnectedFloat32Test, false, false)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedUint8, FullyConnectedUint8Test, false)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedUint8, FullyConnectedTest<armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8>, false)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedQSymm16, FullyConnectedTest<armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>, false)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleFullyConnectedWithBias, FullyConnectedFloat32Test, true, false)
-ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedBiasedUint8, FullyConnectedUint8Test, true)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedBiasedUint8, FullyConnectedTest<armnn::DataType::QuantisedAsymm8>, true)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedBiasedQSymm16, FullyConnectedTest<armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16>, true)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SimpleFullyConnectedWithTranspose, FullyConnectedFloat32Test, false, true)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FullyConnectedLarge, FullyConnectedLargeTest, false)