arm_compute v18.08
diff --git a/tests/validation/reference/ArithmeticAddition.cpp b/tests/validation/reference/ArithmeticAddition.cpp
index 17020a6..c68c6d4 100644
--- a/tests/validation/reference/ArithmeticAddition.cpp
+++ b/tests/validation/reference/ArithmeticAddition.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "ArithmeticAddition.h"
 
 #include "arm_compute/core/Types.h"
-#include "tests/validation/FixedPoint.h"
 #include "tests/validation/Helpers.h"
 
 namespace arm_compute
@@ -86,10 +85,8 @@
 } // namespace
 
 template <typename T>
-SimpleTensor<T> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<T> &src1, const SimpleTensor<T> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy)
+SimpleTensor<T> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<T> &src1, const SimpleTensor<T> &src2, SimpleTensor<T> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy)
 {
-    SimpleTensor<T> dst(TensorShape::broadcast_shape(src1.shape(), src2.shape()), dst_data_type);
-
     Coordinates id_src1, id_src2, id_dst;
 
     BroadcastUnroll<Coordinates::num_max_dimensions>::unroll(src1, src2, dst, convert_policy, id_src1, id_src2, id_dst);
@@ -97,11 +94,53 @@
     return dst;
 }
 
-template SimpleTensor<uint8_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+template <>
+SimpleTensor<uint8_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &src2, SimpleTensor<uint8_t> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy)
+{
+    if(dst.data_type() == DataType::QASYMM8)
+    {
+        SimpleTensor<float> src1_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(src1);
+        SimpleTensor<float> src2_tmp = convert_from_asymmetric(src2);
+        SimpleTensor<float> dst_tmp(TensorShape::broadcast_shape(src1.shape(), src2.shape()), dst.data_type());
+
+        Coordinates id_src1, id_src2, id_dst;
+
+        BroadcastUnroll<Coordinates::num_max_dimensions>::unroll(src1_tmp, src2_tmp, dst_tmp, convert_policy, id_src1, id_src2, id_dst);
+
+        dst = convert_to_asymmetric(dst_tmp, dst.quantization_info());
+        return dst;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // DataType::U8
+        Coordinates id_src1, id_src2, id_dst;
+
+        BroadcastUnroll<Coordinates::num_max_dimensions>::unroll(src1, src2, dst, convert_policy, id_src1, id_src2, id_dst);
+
+        return dst;
+    }
+}
+
+template SimpleTensor<int16_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src2, SimpleTensor<int16_t> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+template SimpleTensor<int8_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src2, SimpleTensor<int8_t> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+template SimpleTensor<half> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<half> &src1, const SimpleTensor<half> &src2, SimpleTensor<half> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+template SimpleTensor<float> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<float> &src1, const SimpleTensor<float> &src2, SimpleTensor<float> &dst, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+
+template <typename T>
+SimpleTensor<T> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<T> &src1, const SimpleTensor<T> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy)
+{
+    ARM_COMPUTE_ERROR_ON_MSG(dst_data_type == DataType::QASYMM8, "For QASYMM8, the quantized output tensor should be passed directly.");
+
+    SimpleTensor<T> dst(TensorShape::broadcast_shape(src1.shape(), src2.shape()), dst_data_type);
+    arithmetic_addition<T>(src1, src2, dst, convert_policy);
+    return dst;
+}
+
 template SimpleTensor<int16_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<int16_t> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
 template SimpleTensor<int8_t> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src1, const SimpleTensor<int8_t> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
 template SimpleTensor<half> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<half> &src1, const SimpleTensor<half> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
 template SimpleTensor<float> arithmetic_addition(const SimpleTensor<float> &src1, const SimpleTensor<float> &src2, DataType dst_data_type, ConvertPolicy convert_policy);
+
 } // namespace reference
 } // namespace validation
 } // namespace test