diff --git a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_context_manager.cpp b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_context_manager.cpp
index 4488927b53..e6cf0201d4 100644
--- a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_context_manager.cpp
+++ b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_context_manager.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,31 @@ bool ContextManager::CreateDefaultGPUDevice() {
   device_id_ = devices[0];
   platform_id_ = platform_id_;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_FP16
+  // check for fp16 (half) support available on device
+  // getting extensions
+  size_t extension_size;
+  status =
+    clGetDeviceInfo(device_id_, CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS, 0, NULL, &extension_size);
+  if (status != CL_SUCCESS) {
+    ml_loge("clGetDeviceInfo returned %d", status);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  char extensions[extension_size];
+  status = clGetDeviceInfo(device_id_, CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS, extension_size,
+                           extensions, NULL);
+  if (status != CL_SUCCESS) {
+    ml_loge("clGetDeviceInfo returned %d", status);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (std::string(extensions).find("cl_khr_fp16") == std::string::npos) {
+    ml_loge("fp16 (half) is not supported by device");
+    return false;
+  }
+#endif
+
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.cpp b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.cpp
index 93a44a45bd..34101b6a4c 100644
--- a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.cpp
+++ b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ bool LoadOpenCL() {
 void LoadOpenCLFunctions(void *libopencl) {
   LoadFunction(clGetPlatformIDs);
   LoadFunction(clGetDeviceIDs);
+  LoadFunction(clGetDeviceInfo);
   LoadFunction(clCreateContext);
   LoadFunction(clCreateCommandQueue);
   LoadFunction(clCreateBuffer);
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ void LoadOpenCLFunctions(void *libopencl) {
 
 PFN_clGetPlatformIDs clGetPlatformIDs;
 PFN_clGetDeviceIDs clGetDeviceIDs;
+PFN_clGetDeviceInfo clGetDeviceInfo;
 PFN_clCreateContext clCreateContext;
 PFN_clCreateCommandQueue clCreateCommandQueue;
 PFN_clCreateBuffer clCreateBuffer;
diff --git a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.h b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.h
index cfbeb629c6..99142d5b12 100644
--- a/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.h
+++ b/nntrainer/opencl/opencl_loader.h
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ typedef cl_int(CL_API_CALL *PFN_clGetDeviceIDs)(
   cl_uint /**< num_entries */, cl_device_id * /**< devices */,
   cl_uint * /**< num_devices */);
 
+typedef cl_int(CL_API_CALL *PFN_clGetDeviceInfo)(
+  cl_device_id /**< device */, cl_device_info /**< param_name */,
+  size_t /**< param_value_size */, void * /**< param_value */,
+  size_t * /**< param_value_size_ret */);
+
 typedef cl_context(CL_API_CALL *PFN_clCreateContext)(
   const cl_context_properties * /**< properties */, cl_uint /**< num_devices */,
   const cl_device_id * /**< devices */,
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ typedef cl_int(CL_API_CALL *PFN_clReleaseMemObject)(cl_mem /**< memobj */);
 
 extern PFN_clGetPlatformIDs clGetPlatformIDs;
 extern PFN_clGetDeviceIDs clGetDeviceIDs;
+extern PFN_clGetDeviceInfo clGetDeviceInfo;
 extern PFN_clCreateContext clCreateContext;
 extern PFN_clCreateCommandQueue clCreateCommandQueue;
 extern PFN_clCreateBuffer clCreateBuffer;