diff --git a/src/dynamic/reference/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dynamic/reference/CMakeLists.txt
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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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diff --git a/src/dynamic/reference/RefDynamicBackend.cpp b/src/dynamic/reference/RefDynamicBackend.cpp
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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include "RefDynamicBackend.hpp"
+
+#include <reference/RefBackend.hpp>
+
+using namespace armnn;
+
+const char* GetBackendId()
+{
+    return RefBackend::GetIdStatic().Get().c_str();
+}
+
+void GetVersion(uint32_t* outMajor, uint32_t* outMinor)
+{
+    if (!outMajor || !outMinor)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    BackendVersion apiVersion = IBackendInternal::GetApiVersion();
+
+    *outMajor = apiVersion.m_Major;
+    *outMinor = apiVersion.m_Minor;
+}
+
+void* BackendFactory()
+{
+    return new RefBackend();
+}
diff --git a/src/dynamic/reference/RefDynamicBackend.hpp b/src/dynamic/reference/RefDynamicBackend.hpp
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+++ b/src/dynamic/reference/RefDynamicBackend.hpp
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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+
+extern "C"
+{
+const char* GetBackendId();
+void GetVersion(uint32_t* outMajor, uint32_t* outMinor);
+void* BackendFactory();
+}