diff --git a/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py b/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d51dc9c7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/extensions/r2/hello_r2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Cross Platform and Multi Architecture Advanced Binary Emulation Framework
+#
+
+import sys
+sys.path.append('..')
+
+from qiling import Qiling
+from qiling.const import QL_VERBOSE
+from qiling.extensions.r2 import R2
+
+
+def func(ql: Qiling, *args, **kwargs):
+    ql.os.stdout.write(b"=====hooked main=====!\n")
+    return
+
+def my_sandbox(path, rootfs):
+    ql = Qiling(path, rootfs, verbose=QL_VERBOSE.DEBUG)
+    r2 = R2(ql)
+
+    # search bytes sequence using ql.mem.search
+    addrs = ql.mem.search(b'llo worl')  # return all matching results
+    print(r2.at(addrs[0]))  # find corresponding flag at the address and the offset to the flag
+    # search string using r2
+    addr = r2.strings['Hello world!'].vaddr  # key must be exactly same
+    print(addrs[0], addr)
+    # print xref to string "Hello world!"
+    print(r2.refto(addr))
+    # write to string using ql.mem.write
+    ql.mem.write(addr, b"No hello, Bye!\x00")
+
+    # get function address and hook it
+    ql.hook_address(func, r2.functions['main'].offset)
+    # enable trace powered by r2 symsmap
+    r2.enable_trace()
+    ql.run()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    my_sandbox(["rootfs/x86_windows/bin/x86_hello.exe"], "rootfs/x86_windows")
+
+    # test shellcode mode
+    ARM64_LIN = bytes.fromhex('420002ca210080d2400080d2c81880d2010000d4e60300aa01020010020280d2681980d2010000d4410080d2420002cae00306aa080380d2010000d4210400f165ffff54e0000010420002ca210001caa81b80d2010000d4020004d27f0000012f62696e2f736800')
+    print("\nLinux ARM 64bit Shellcode")
+    ql = Qiling(code=ARM64_LIN, archtype="arm64", ostype="linux", verbose=QL_VERBOSE.DEBUG)
+    r2 = R2(ql)
+    # disassemble 32 instructions
+    print(r2._cmd('pd 32'))
+    ql.run()
diff --git a/qiling/extensions/r2/__init__.py b/qiling/extensions/r2/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8f86c32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qiling/extensions/r2/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .r2 import R2
diff --git a/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py b/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..669efc311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qiling/extensions/r2/r2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Cross Platform and Multi Architecture Advanced Binary Emulation Framework
+#
+
+import bisect
+import ctypes
+import json
+import libr
+from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
+from functools import cached_property, wraps
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Literal, Tuple, Union
+from qiling.const import QL_ARCH
+from qiling.extensions import trace
+from unicorn import UC_PROT_NONE, UC_PROT_READ, UC_PROT_WRITE, UC_PROT_EXEC, UC_PROT_ALL
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from qiling.core import Qiling
+
+def perm2uc(permstr: str) -> int:
+    '''convert "-rwx" to unicorn const'''
+    perm = UC_PROT_NONE
+    dic = {
+        "r": UC_PROT_READ,
+        "w": UC_PROT_WRITE,
+        "x": UC_PROT_EXEC,
+    }
+    for ch in permstr:
+        perm += dic.get(ch, 0)
+    return perm
+
+
+class R2Data:
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        names = set([f.name for f in fields(self)])
+        for k, v in kwargs.items():
+            if k in names:
+                setattr(self, k, v)
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class Section(R2Data):
+    name: str
+    size: int
+    vsize: int
+    paddr: int
+    vaddr: int
+    perm: int
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.perm = perm2uc(self.perm)
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class String(R2Data):
+    string: str
+    vaddr: int
+    paddr: int
+    size: int
+    length: int
+    section: str = None
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class Symbol(R2Data):
+    # see https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/blob/dev/librz/include/rz_bin.h
+    SymbolType = Literal["NOTYPE", "OBJ", "FUNC", "FIELD", "IFACE", "METH", "STATIC", "SECT",
+                         "FILE", "COMMON", "TLS", "NUM", "LOOS", "HIOS", "LOPROC", "HIPROC", "SPCL", "UNK"]
+
+    SymbolBind = Literal["LOCAL", "GLOBAL", "WEAK", "NUM", "LOOS", "HIOS", "LOPROC", "HIPROC", "IMPORT", "UNKNOWN"]
+
+    name: str
+    realname: str
+    bind: SymbolBind
+    size: int
+    type: SymbolType
+    vaddr: int
+    paddr: int
+    is_imported: bool
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class Function(R2Data):
+    name: str
+    offset: int
+    size: int
+    signature: str
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class Flag(R2Data):
+    offset: int
+    name: str = ''
+    size: int = 0
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self.offset < other.offset
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True, init=False)
+class Xref(R2Data):
+    XrefType = Literal["NULL", "CODE", "CALL", "DATA", "STRN", "UNKN"]
+
+    name: str
+    fromaddr: int  # from is reserved word in Python
+    type: XrefType
+    perm: int
+    addr: int
+    refname: str
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.fromaddr = kwargs["from"]
+        self.perm = perm2uc(self.perm)
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self.fromaddr < other.fromaddr
+
+
+class R2:
+    def __init__(self, ql: "Qiling", baseaddr=(1 << 64) - 1, loadaddr=0):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.ql = ql
+        # r2 -B [baddr]   set base address for PIE binaries
+        self.baseaddr = baseaddr
+        self.loadaddr = loadaddr  # r2 -m [addr]    map file at given address
+        self.analyzed = False
+        self._r2c = libr.r_core.r_core_new()
+        if ql.code:
+            self._setup_code(ql.code)
+        else:
+            self._setup_file(ql.path)
+
+    def _qlarch2r(self, archtype: QL_ARCH) -> str:
+        return {
+            QL_ARCH.X86: "x86",
+            QL_ARCH.X8664: "x86",
+            QL_ARCH.ARM: "arm",
+            QL_ARCH.ARM64: "arm",
+            QL_ARCH.A8086: "x86",
+            QL_ARCH.EVM: "evm.cs",
+            QL_ARCH.CORTEX_M: "arm",
+            QL_ARCH.MIPS: "mips",
+            QL_ARCH.RISCV: "riscv",
+            QL_ARCH.RISCV64: "riscv",
+            QL_ARCH.PPC: "ppc",
+        }[archtype]
+
+    def _setup_code(self, code: bytes):
+        path = f'malloc://{len(code)}'.encode()
+        fh = libr.r_core.r_core_file_open(self._r2c, path, UC_PROT_ALL, self.loadaddr)
+        libr.r_core.r_core_bin_load(self._r2c, path, self.baseaddr)
+        self._cmd(f'wx {code.hex()}')
+        # set architecture and bits for r2 asm
+        arch = self._qlarch2r(self.ql.arch.type)
+        self._cmd(f"e,asm.arch={arch},asm.bits={self.ql.arch.bits}")
+
+    def _setup_file(self, path: str):
+        path = path.encode()
+        fh = libr.r_core.r_core_file_open(self._r2c, path, UC_PROT_READ | UC_PROT_EXEC, self.loadaddr)
+        libr.r_core.r_core_bin_load(self._r2c, path, self.baseaddr)
+
+    def _cmd(self, cmd: str) -> str:
+        r = libr.r_core.r_core_cmd_str(
+            self._r2c, ctypes.create_string_buffer(cmd.encode("utf-8")))
+        return ctypes.string_at(r).decode('utf-8')
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def aaa(fun):
+        @wraps(fun)
+        def wrapper(self):
+            if self.analyzed is False:
+                self._cmd("aaa")
+                self.analyzed = True
+            return fun(self)
+        return wrapper
+
+    def _cmdj(self, cmd: str) -> Union[Dict, List[Dict]]:
+        return json.loads(self._cmd(cmd))
+    
+    @cached_property
+    def binfo(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        return self._cmdj("iIj")
+
+    @cached_property
+    def baddr(self) -> int:
+        return self.binfo["baddr"]
+
+    @cached_property
+    def bintype(self) -> str:
+        return self.binfo["bintype"]
+
+    @cached_property
+    def sections(self) -> Dict[str, Section]:
+        sec_lst = self._cmdj("iSj")
+        return {dic['name']: Section(**dic) for dic in sec_lst}
+
+    @cached_property
+    def strings(self) -> Dict[str, String]:
+        str_lst = self._cmdj("izzj")
+        return {dic['string']: String(**dic) for dic in str_lst}
+
+    @cached_property
+    def symbols(self) -> Dict[str, Symbol]:
+        sym_lst = self._cmdj("isj")
+        return {dic['name']: Symbol(**dic).vaddr for dic in sym_lst}
+
+    @cached_property
+    @aaa
+    def functions(self) -> Dict[str, Function]:
+        fcn_lst = self._cmdj("aflj")
+        return {dic['name']: Function(**dic) for dic in fcn_lst}
+
+    @cached_property
+    @aaa
+    def flags(self) -> List[Flag]:
+        return [Flag(**dic) for dic in self._cmdj("fj")]
+
+    @cached_property
+    @aaa
+    def xrefs(self) -> List[Xref]:
+        return [Xref(**dic) for dic in self._cmdj("axj")]
+
+    def at(self, addr: int) -> Tuple[Flag, int]:
+        # the most suitable flag should have address <= addr
+        # bisect_right find the insertion point, right side if value exists
+        idx = bisect.bisect_right(self.flags, Flag(offset=addr))
+        # minus 1 to find the corresponding flag
+        flag = self.flags[idx - 1]
+        return flag, addr - flag.offset
+
+    def refrom(self, addr: int) -> List[Xref]:
+        return [x for x in self.xrefs if x.fromaddr == addr]
+
+    def refto(self, addr: int) -> List[Xref]:
+        return [x for x in self.xrefs if x.addr == addr]
+
+    def read(self, addr: int, size: int) -> bytes:
+        hexstr = self._cmd(f"p8 {size} @ {addr}")
+        return bytes.fromhex(hexstr)
+
+    def enable_trace(self, mode='full'):
+        # simple map from addr to flag name, cannot resolve addresses in the middle
+        self.ql.loader.symsmap = {flag.offset: flag.name for flag in self.flags}
+        if mode == 'full':
+            trace.enable_full_trace(self.ql)
+        elif mode == 'history':
+            trace.enable_history_trace(self.ql)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        libr.r_core.r_core_free(self._r2c)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0626555f2..84b0648c8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "gevent>=20.9.0",
     "multiprocess>=0.70.12.2",
     "windows-curses>=2.1.0;platform_system=='Windows'",
-    "pyyaml>=6.0"
+    "pyyaml>=6.0",
 ]
 
 extras = {
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     "fuzz" : [
         "unicornafl>=2.0.0;platform_system=='Windows'",
         "fuzzercorn>=0.0.1;platform_system=='Linux'"
+    ],
+    "RE": [
+       "r2libr>=5.7.4",
     ]
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_r2.py b/tests/test_r2.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec28cd11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_r2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys, unittest
+
+sys.path.append("..")
+from qiling import Qiling
+from qiling.const import QL_VERBOSE
+from qiling.extensions.r2.r2 import R2
+
+
+EVM_CODE = bytes.fromhex("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")
+
+
+class R2Test(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_shellcode_disasm(self):
+        ql = Qiling(code=EVM_CODE, archtype="evm", verbose=QL_VERBOSE.DEBUG)
+        r2 = R2(ql)
+        pd = r2._cmd("pd 32")
+        self.assertTrue('invalid' not in pd)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()