diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
index b102d1a..2e6b056 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/IBackendInternal.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 #include <armnn/Types.hpp>
 #include <armnn/IRuntime.hpp>
+
+#include <ISubGraphConverter.hpp>
+#include <SubGraph.hpp>
+
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace armnn
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@
     using IMemoryManagerUniquePtr = std::unique_ptr<IMemoryManager>;
     using IMemoryManagerSharedPtr = std::shared_ptr<IMemoryManager>;
 
+    using ISubGraphConverterPtr = std::unique_ptr<ISubGraphConverter>;
+
     virtual IMemoryManagerUniquePtr CreateMemoryManager() const = 0;
 
     virtual IWorkloadFactoryPtr CreateWorkloadFactory(
@@ -44,6 +50,8 @@
 
     virtual IBackendContextPtr CreateBackendContext(const IRuntime::CreationOptions&) const = 0;
 
+    virtual ISubGraphConverterPtr CreateSubGraphConverter(const std::shared_ptr<SubGraph>& subGraph) const = 0;
+
     virtual Optimizations GetOptimizations() const = 0;
     virtual ILayerSupportSharedPtr GetLayerSupport() const = 0;
 };