diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
index a3470ad..a1c74df 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/WorkloadData.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
             return DataType::Float32;
         case DataType::QuantisedAsymm8:
             return DataType::Signed32;
+        case DataType::QuantisedSymm16:
+            return DataType::Signed32;
         default:
             BOOST_ASSERT_MSG(false, "Invalid input data type");
             return DataType::Float32;
@@ -693,6 +695,22 @@
 
     ValidateTensorQuantizationMultiplier(workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0], m_Weight->GetTensorInfo(),
         workloadInfo.m_OutputTensorInfos[0], "DepthwiseConvolution2dQueueDescriptor", "input", "weights", "output");
+
+    // Check the supported data types
+    std::vector<DataType> supportedTypes = {
+        DataType::Float32,
+        DataType::QuantisedAsymm8,
+        DataType::QuantisedSymm16,
+        DataType::Float16
+    };
+
+    ValidateDataTypes(workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0],
+                      supportedTypes,
+                      "DepthwiseConvolution2dQueueDescriptor");
+
+    ValidateDataTypes(workloadInfo.m_OutputTensorInfos[0],
+                      {workloadInfo.m_InputTensorInfos[0].GetDataType()},
+                      "DepthwiseConvolution2dQueueDescriptor");
 }
 
 void PermuteQueueDescriptor::Validate(const WorkloadInfo& workloadInfo) const
diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.cpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.cpp
index c94dc53..cc6e8b3 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.cpp
@@ -908,6 +908,26 @@
         false);
 }
 
+LayerTestResult<int16_t, 4> DepthwiseConvolution2dInt16Test(
+        armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
+        const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager,
+        bool biasEnabled,
+        const armnn::DataLayout layout)
+{
+    return DepthwiseConvolution2dTestImpl<armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16, armnn::DataType::Signed32>(
+        workloadFactory, memoryManager, 0.5f, 50, biasEnabled, layout);
+}
+
+LayerTestResult<int16_t, 4> DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Int16Test(
+                armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
+                const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager,
+                bool biasEnabled,
+                const armnn::DataLayout layout)
+{
+    return DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1TestImpl<armnn::DataType::QuantisedSymm16, armnn::DataType::Signed32>(
+        workloadFactory, memoryManager, 0.5f, 50, biasEnabled, layout);
+}
+
 LayerTestResult<float, 4> Convolution1dTest(
     armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
     const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager,
diff --git a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.hpp b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.hpp
index efd8c34..26bab72 100644
--- a/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.hpp
+++ b/src/backends/backendsCommon/test/LayerTests.hpp
@@ -956,6 +956,18 @@
     bool biasEnabled,
     const armnn::DataLayout layout);
 
+LayerTestResult<int16_t, 4> DepthwiseConvolution2dInt16Test(
+    armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
+    const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager,
+    bool biasEnabled,
+    const armnn::DataLayout layout);
+
+LayerTestResult<int16_t, 4> DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Int16Test(
+    armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
+    const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager,
+    bool biasEnabled,
+    const armnn::DataLayout layout);
+
 LayerTestResult<uint8_t, 4> ConstantLinearActivationUint8Test(
     armnn::IWorkloadFactory& workloadFactory,
     const armnn::IBackendInternal::IMemoryManagerSharedPtr& memoryManager);
diff --git a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
index 62e05a9..b72c87b 100644
--- a/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/reference/test/RefLayerTests.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
                      DepthwiseConvolution2dUint8Test,
                      false,
                      armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DepthwiseConvolution2dQSymm16, DepthwiseConvolution2dInt16Test, true, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 
 // NHWC Depthwise Convolution
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DepthwiseConvolution2dNhwc, DepthwiseConvolution2dTest, true, armnn::DataLayout::NHWC)
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@
                      DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Test, true, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Uint8,
                      DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Uint8Test, true, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
+ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Int16,
+                     DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Int16Test, true, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)
 
 ARMNN_AUTO_TEST_CASE(UnbiasedDepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1,
                      DepthwiseConvolution2dDepthMul1Test, false, armnn::DataLayout::NCHW)