diff --git a/libr/core/casm.c b/libr/core/casm.c
index fd35860825..6b23cda77b 100644
--- a/libr/core/casm.c
+++ b/libr/core/casm.c
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2009-2019 - nibble, pancake */
+/* radare - LGPL - Copyright 2009-2024 - nibble, pancake */
 
-#include <r_types.h>
 #include <r_core.h>
-#include <r_asm.h>
 
 #define IFDBG if (0)
 
@@ -214,9 +212,15 @@ R_API RList *r_core_asm_strsearch(RCore *core, const char *input, ut64 from, ut6
 				if (mode == 'a') { // check for case sensitive
 					matches = !r_str_ncasecmp (opst, tokens[matchcount], strlen (tokens[matchcount]));
 				} else if (!regexp) {
-					matches = !!strstr (opst, tokens[matchcount]);
+					const char *curtok = tokens[matchcount];
+					if (strchr (curtok, '$') || strchr (curtok, '*') || strchr (curtok, '^')) {
+						matches = r_str_glob (opst, curtok);
+					} else {
+						matches = !!strstr (opst, tokens[matchcount]);
+					}
 				} else {
 					rx = r_regex_new (tokens[matchcount], "es");
+					eprintf ("JEJE pene\n");
 					matches = r_regex_exec (rx, opst, 0, 0, 0) == 0;
 					r_regex_free (rx);
 				}
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_search.inc.c b/libr/core/cmd_search.inc.c
index 80af5f06e4..e8f5afc6a4 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_search.inc.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_search.inc.c
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ static RCoreHelpMessage help_msg_slash_pattern = {
 
 static RCoreHelpMessage help_msg_slash_ad = {
 	"Usage: /ad[/<*jq>]", "[value]", "Backward search subcommands",
-	"/ad", " rax", "search in disasm plaintext for matching instructions",
+	"/ad", " rax", "search in plaintext disasm for matching instructions",
+	"/ad", " rax$", "search in plaintext disasm for instruction matchin given glob expression",
 	"/adj", " rax", "json output searching in disasm with plaintext",
 	"/adq", " rax", "quiet mode ideal for scripting",
 	"/ad/", " ins1;ins2", "search for regex instruction 'ins1' followed by regex 'ins2'",
diff --git a/test/db/cmd/cmd_search_asm b/test/db/cmd/cmd_search_asm
index ae5ffdc750..06211120b7 100644
--- a/test/db/cmd/cmd_search_asm
+++ b/test/db/cmd/cmd_search_asm
@@ -419,3 +419,16 @@ EXPECT=<<EOF
 EOF
 RUN
 
+NAME=glob search with /ad
+ARGS=-a arm -b64
+FILE=bins/mach0/ls-m1
+CMDS=<<EOF
+/ad ret~?
+/ad ret$~?
+EOF
+EXPECT=<<EOF
+40
+18
+EOF
+RUN
+