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+#
+# Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.0.2)
+
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
+# File needed to wrap the existing backend into a dynamic one
+list(APPEND armnnRefDynamicBackend_sources
+    RefDynamicBackend.cpp
+    RefDynamicBackend.hpp
+)
+
+# Set the backend source path
+set(RefBackendPath ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../src/backends/reference)
+
+# Source files of the backend, taken directly from the source tree
+file(GLOB RefBackendBaseFiles ${RefBackendPath}/*.cpp)
+file(GLOB RefBackendWorloadFiles ${RefBackendPath}/workloads/*.cpp)
+set(RefBackendFiles ${RefBackendBaseFiles} ${RefBackendWorloadFiles})
+
+# Remove the file that contains the static backend registration
+list(REMOVE_ITEM RefBackendFiles ${RefBackendPath}/RefRegistryInitializer.cpp)
+
+# Create the shared object
+add_library(Arm_CpuRef_backend MODULE ${armnnRefDynamicBackend_sources} ${RefBackendFiles})
+
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../include)
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../third-party) # for half
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../src/armnn)
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../src/armnnUtils)
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../src/backends)
+target_include_directories(Arm_CpuRef_backend PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../../src/profiling)
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