diff --git a/backends/arm/operators/op_avg_pool2d.py b/backends/arm/operators/op_avg_pool2d.py
index 29d5c3bf635..04a97bb7a84 100644
--- a/backends/arm/operators/op_avg_pool2d.py
+++ b/backends/arm/operators/op_avg_pool2d.py
@@ -134,6 +134,43 @@ def define_node(
             input_zp = 0
             output_zp = 0
 
+            self._build_generic_avgpool2d(
+                node, tosa_graph, inputs, output, input_zp, output_zp, accumulator_type
+            )
+
+
+@register_node_visitor
+class AvgPool2dVisitor_INT16(AvgPool2dVisitor):
+    target = "aten.avg_pool2d.default"
+
+    tosa_specs = [
+        TosaSpecification.create_from_string("TOSA-1.0+INT+int16"),
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, *args):
+        super().__init__(*args)
+
+    def define_node(
+        self,
+        node: torch.fx.Node,
+        tosa_graph: Any,
+        inputs: List[TosaArg],
+        output: TosaArg,
+    ) -> None:
+        validate_num_inputs(self.target, inputs, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7])
+        validate_same_dtype(self.target, [inputs[0], output], ts)
+        validate_valid_dtype(
+            self.target, [inputs[0], output], ts.DType.INT16, output.tosa_spec
+        )
+
+        accumulator_type = ts.DType.INT32
+
+        input_qargs = get_input_qparams(node)
+        input_zp = input_qargs[0].get_zp_per_tensor()
+
+        output_qargs = get_output_qparams(node)
+        output_zp = output_qargs[0].get_zp_per_tensor()
+
         self._build_generic_avgpool2d(
             node, tosa_graph, inputs, output, input_zp, output_zp, accumulator_type
         )
diff --git a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_avg_pool2d.py b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_avg_pool2d.py
index 8310d1e40a4..98edf3acd4a 100644
--- a/backends/arm/test/ops/test_avg_pool2d.py
+++ b/backends/arm/test/ops/test_avg_pool2d.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 import torch
 
+from executorch.backends.arm.quantizer.arm_quantizer import (
+    get_symmetric_a16w8_quantization_config,
+    TOSAQuantizer,
+)
 from executorch.backends.arm.test import common
 
 from executorch.backends.arm.test.tester.test_pipeline import (
@@ -22,6 +26,8 @@
     TosaPipelineINT,
     VgfPipeline,
 )
+from executorch.backends.arm.tosa import TosaSpecification
+from executorch.backends.xnnpack.test.tester import Quantize
 
 aten_op = "torch.ops.aten.avg_pool2d.default"
 exir_op = "executorch_exir_dialects_edge__ops_aten_avg_pool2d_default"
@@ -232,3 +238,97 @@ def test_avg_pool2d_u55_INT_not_delegated(reject_module):
         u55_subset=True,
     )
     pipeline.run()
+
+
+def get_symmetric_a16w8_avg_pool2d_quantizer(per_channel_quantization=False):
+    tosa_version = conftest.get_option("tosa_version")
+    tosa_profiles = {
+        "1.0": TosaSpecification.create_from_string("TOSA-1.0+INT+int16"),
+    }
+
+    quantizer = TOSAQuantizer(tosa_profiles[tosa_version])
+    quantizer.set_global(
+        get_symmetric_a16w8_quantization_config(is_per_channel=per_channel_quantization)
+    )
+
+    return Quantize(
+        quantizer,
+        get_symmetric_a16w8_quantization_config(
+            is_per_channel=per_channel_quantization
+        ),
+    )
+
+
+@common.parametrize("test_module", test_modules)
+def test_avg_pool2d_16a8w_tosa_INT(test_module):
+    """Test avg_pool2d operation with 16A8W quantization (16-bit activations, 8-bit weights)"""
+    model, input_tensor = test_module()
+    per_channel_quantization = False
+
+    pipeline = TosaPipelineINT[input_t](
+        model,
+        input_tensor,
+        aten_op,
+        exir_op=[],
+        per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization,
+        use_to_edge_transform_and_lower=True,
+        tosa_extensions=["int16"],
+    )
+
+    pipeline.change_args(
+        "quantize",
+        get_symmetric_a16w8_avg_pool2d_quantizer(
+            per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization
+        ),
+    )
+    pipeline.run()
+
+
+@common.parametrize("test_module", test_modules)
+@common.XfailIfNoCorstone300
+def test_avg_pool2d_16a8w_u55_INT16(test_module):
+    """Test avg_pool2d operation with 16A8W quantization on U55 (16-bit activations, 8-bit weights)"""
+    model, input_tensor = test_module()
+    per_channel_quantization = False
+
+    pipeline = EthosU55PipelineINT[input_t](
+        model,
+        input_tensor,
+        aten_op,
+        exir_op,
+        per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization,
+        use_to_edge_transform_and_lower=True,
+    )
+
+    pipeline.change_args(
+        "quantize",
+        get_symmetric_a16w8_avg_pool2d_quantizer(
+            per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization
+        ),
+    )
+    pipeline.run()
+
+
+@common.parametrize("test_module", test_modules)
+@common.XfailIfNoCorstone320
+def test_avg_pool2d_16a8w_u85_INT16(test_module):
+    """Test avg_pool2d operation with 16A8W quantization on U85 (16-bit activations, 8-bit weights)"""
+    model, input_tensor = test_module()
+    per_channel_quantization = False
+
+    pipeline = EthosU85PipelineINT[input_t](
+        model,
+        input_tensor,
+        aten_op,
+        exir_op,
+        per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization,
+        use_to_edge_transform_and_lower=True,
+    )
+
+    pipeline.change_args(
+        "quantize",
+        get_symmetric_a16w8_avg_pool2d_quantizer(
+            per_channel_quantization=per_channel_quantization
+        ),
+    )
+    pipeline.run()