diff --git a/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefDepthToSpaceWorkload.cpp b/src/backends/reference/workloads/RefDepthToSpaceWorkload.cpp
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+//
+// Copyright © 2019 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+//
+
+#include "RefDepthToSpaceWorkload.hpp"
+
+#include "DepthToSpace.hpp"
+#include "RefWorkloadUtils.hpp"
+
+namespace armnn
+{
+
+void RefDepthToSpaceWorkload::Execute() const
+{
+    ARMNN_SCOPED_PROFILING_EVENT(Compute::CpuRef, "RefDepthToSpaceWorkload_Execute");
+
+    const TensorInfo inputInfo = GetTensorInfo(m_Data.m_Inputs[0]);
+
+    DepthToSpace(inputInfo,
+                 m_Data.m_Parameters,
+                 m_Data.m_Inputs[0]->Map(),
+                 m_Data.m_Outputs[0]->Map(),
+                 GetDataTypeSize(inputInfo.GetDataType()));
+}
+
+} // namespace armnn