diff --git a/libr/asm/asm.c b/libr/asm/asm.c
index 15b3c3583c..45199da093 100644
--- a/libr/asm/asm.c
+++ b/libr/asm/asm.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ R_API RAsm *r_asm_new() {
 	if (a) {
 		a->user = NULL;
 		a->cur = NULL;
+		a->binb.bin = NULL;
 		a->bits = 32;
 		a->big_endian = 0;
 		a->pc = 0;
@@ -419,3 +420,9 @@ R_API char *r_asm_op_get_hex(RAsmOp *op) {
 R_API char *r_asm_op_get_asm(RAsmOp *op) {
 	return strdup (op->buf_asm);
 }
+
+R_API int r_asm_get_offset(RAsm *a, int type, int idx) { // link to rbin
+	if (a && a->binb.bin && a->binb.get_offset)
+		return a->binb.get_offset (a->binb.bin, type, idx);
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/libr/bin/bin.c b/libr/bin/bin.c
index fd2bfb3cb1..968060b9cb 100644
--- a/libr/bin/bin.c
+++ b/libr/bin/bin.c
@@ -391,6 +391,18 @@ R_API void r_bin_set_user_ptr(RBin *bin, void *user) {
 	bin->user = user;
 }
 
+static int getoffset (RBin *bin, int type, int idx) {
+	RBinArch *a = &bin->curarch;
+	if (a && a->curplugin && a->curplugin->get_offset)
+		return a->curplugin->get_offset (a, type, idx);
+	return -1;
+}
+
+R_API void r_bin_bind (RBin *bin, RBinBind *b) {
+	b->bin = bin;
+	b->get_offset = getoffset;
+}
+
 R_API RBinObj *r_bin_get_object(RBin *bin, int flags) {
 	int i;
 	RBinObj *obj = R_NEW (RBinObj);
diff --git a/libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c b/libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c
index 78a20beecc..bd4b4293a3 100644
--- a/libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c
+++ b/libr/bin/p/bin_dex.c
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ static RList* classes (RBinArch *arch) {
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int getoffset (RBinArch *arch, int type, int idx) {
+	struct r_bin_dex_obj_t *dex = arch->bin_obj;
+	switch (type) {
+	case 's': // symbol name
+		// dex->header.method_offset
+		return 0; // TODO: must be the offset to the ptr
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct r_bin_plugin_t r_bin_plugin_dex = {
 	.name = "dex",
 	.desc = "dex format bin plugin",
@@ -129,6 +139,7 @@ struct r_bin_plugin_t r_bin_plugin_dex = {
 	.relocs = NULL,
 	.meta = NULL,
 	.write = NULL,
+	.get_offset = &getoffset
 };
 
 #ifndef CORELIB
diff --git a/libr/core/core.c b/libr/core/core.c
index 513b2ad2fb..cc04ea9149 100644
--- a/libr/core/core.c
+++ b/libr/core/core.c
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ R_API int r_core_init(RCore *core) {
 	core->search = r_search_new (R_SEARCH_KEYWORD);
 	r_io_undo_enable (core->io, 1, 0); // TODO: configurable via eval
 	core->fs = r_fs_new ();
+	r_bin_bind (core->bin, &(core->assembler->binb));
 	r_io_bind (core->io, &(core->search->iob));
 	r_io_bind (core->io, &(core->print->iob));
 	r_io_bind (core->io, &(core->anal->iob));
diff --git a/libr/include/r_asm.h b/libr/include/r_asm.h
index af59ea6ded..3b0d1c99e5 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_asm.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_asm.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define _INCLUDE_R_ASM_H_
 
 #include <r_types.h>
+#include <r_bin.h> // only for binding, no hard dep required 
 #include <list.h>
 #include <r_util.h>
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ typedef struct r_asm_t {
 	void *user;
 	struct r_asm_plugin_t *cur;
 	RList *plugins;
+	RBinBind binb;
 } RAsm;
 
 typedef int (*RAsmModifyCallback)(RAsm *a, ut8 *buf, int field, ut64 val);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_bin.h b/libr/include/r_bin.h
index 89c23df616..fe0b747502 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_bin.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_bin.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ enum {
 	R_BIN_NM_ANY=-1,
 };
 
+
 // XXX: isnt this a copy of Obj ?
 typedef struct r_bin_arch_t {
 	char *file;
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ typedef struct r_bin_xtr_plugin_t {
 	int (*extract)(RBin *bin, int idx);
 	int (*load)(RBin *bin);
 	int (*destroy)(RBin *bin);
-	struct list_head list;
+	struct list_head list; // TODO deprecate!!!
 } RBinXtrPlugin;
 
 typedef struct r_bin_plugin_t {
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ typedef struct r_bin_plugin_t {
 	int (*demangle_type)(const char *str);
 	struct r_bin_meta_t *meta;
 	struct r_bin_write_t *write;
-	struct list_head list;
+	int (*get_offset)(RBinArch *arch, int type, int idx);
+	struct list_head list; // TODO deprecate!!!
 } RBinPlugin;
 
 typedef struct r_bin_addr_t {
@@ -211,7 +213,16 @@ typedef struct r_bin_obj_t {
 // TODO: has_dbg_syms... maybe flags?
 } RBinObj;
 
+typedef int (*RBinGetOffset)(RBin *bin, int type, int idx);
+
+typedef struct r_bin_bind_t {
+	RBin *bin;
+	RBinGetOffset get_offset;
+} RBinBind;
+
+
 #ifdef R_API
+R_API void r_bin_bind(RBin *b, struct r_bin_bind_t *bnd);
 /* bin.c */
 R_API int r_bin_add(RBin *bin, RBinPlugin *foo);
 R_API int r_bin_xtr_add(RBin *bin, RBinXtrPlugin *foo);