diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6b494faa..a61dc1f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ members = [
   "rustler_tests/native/rustler_serde_test",
   "rustler_tests/native/dynamic_load",
   "rustler_tests/native/rustler_compile_tests",
-  "rustler_benchmarks/native/benchmark",
+  "rustler_benchmarks/native/benchmark", "rustler_tool",
 ]
 default-members = [
   "rustler",
diff --git a/rustler_tool/.cargo/config.toml b/rustler_tool/.cargo/config.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e2bab392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustler_tool/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+rustflags = [ "-C", "link-args=-Wl,-export-dynamic" ]
diff --git a/rustler_tool/Cargo.toml b/rustler_tool/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14f40e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustler_tool/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "rustler_tool"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+clap = { version = "4.5", features = [ "derive" ] }
+libloading = "0.8"
+rustler_sys = { version = "2.4.0", path = "../rustler_sys" }
diff --git a/rustler_tool/src/fake_symbols.rs b/rustler_tool/src/fake_symbols.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d385e072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustler_tool/src/fake_symbols.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_alloc: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_alloc_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_alloc_env: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_binary_to_term: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_clear_env: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_compare: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_consume_timeslice: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_free: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_free_env: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_atom: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_atom_length: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_double: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_int: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_list_cell: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_list_length: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_local_pid: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_long: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_map_size: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_map_value: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_resource: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_tuple: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_uint: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_get_ulong: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_hash: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_inspect_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_inspect_iolist_as_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_atom: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_empty_list: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_fun: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_identical: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_list: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_map: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_number: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_pid: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_port: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_process_alive: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_ref: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_is_tuple: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_atom_len: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_badarg: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_copy: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_double: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_existing_atom_len: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_int: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_list_cell: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_list_from_array: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_long: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_map_from_arrays: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_map_put: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_map_remove: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_map_update: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_new_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_new_map: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_reverse_list: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_sub_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_tuple_from_array: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_uint: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_make_ulong: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_map_iterator_create: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_map_iterator_destroy: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_map_iterator_get_pair: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_map_iterator_next: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_map_iterator_prev: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_open_resource_type: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_raise_exception: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_realloc_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_release_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_schedule_nif: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_self: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_snprintf: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_term_to_binary: usize = 0;
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static enif_term_type: usize = 0;
diff --git a/rustler_tool/src/main.rs b/rustler_tool/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88f33591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustler_tool/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+mod nif;
+#[cfg(unix)]
+mod fake_symbols;
+
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+
+use crate::nif::NifLibrary;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[command(version, about, long_about = None)]
+struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    command: Option<Commands>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand)]
+enum Commands {
+    /// does testing things
+    Nif { path: PathBuf },
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+
+    match &cli.command {
+        Some(Commands::Nif { path }) => {
+            println!("Extracting nifs from {:?}", path);
+
+            let lib = NifLibrary::load(&path).unwrap();
+
+            println!("Found library {} with nifs", lib.name);
+            for nif in lib.nifs {
+                println!("  {}/{}", nif.name, nif.arity);
+            }
+        }
+        None => {
+            panic!("No command given")
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rustler_tool/src/nif.rs b/rustler_tool/src/nif.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..673e1204
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rustler_tool/src/nif.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use libloading::{Library, Symbol};
+use rustler_sys::ErlNifEntry;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+
+pub struct Nif {
+    pub name: String,
+    pub arity: usize,
+    pub flags: usize,
+}
+
+pub struct NifLibrary {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub name: String,
+    pub nifs: Vec<Nif>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+unsafe fn maybe_call_nif_init(
+    lib: &Library,
+) -> Result<*const ErlNifEntry, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let func: Symbol<unsafe extern "C" fn() -> *const ErlNifEntry> = lib.get(b"nif_init")?;
+
+    Ok(func())
+}
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+unsafe fn maybe_call_nif_init(
+    lib: &Library,
+) -> Result<*const ErlNifEntry, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    use rustler_sys::TWinDynNifCallbacks;
+    static NULL_CALLBACKS: TWinDynNifCallbacks = TWinDynNifCallbacks {};
+    let func: Symbol<unsafe extern "C" fn(*mut TWinDynNifCallbacks) -> *const ErlNifEntry> =
+        lib.get(b"nif_init")?;
+
+    func(&NULL_CALLBACKS)
+}
+
+impl NifLibrary {
+    pub fn load(path: &Path) -> Result<NifLibrary, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        unsafe {
+            let lib = Library::new(&path)?;
+            let entry = maybe_call_nif_init(&lib)?;
+
+            let name = CStr::from_ptr((*entry).name).to_str()?.to_string();
+            let nif_array =
+                std::slice::from_raw_parts((*entry).funcs, (*entry).num_of_funcs as usize);
+
+            let nifs = nif_array
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter_map(|f| {
+                    Some(Nif {
+                        name: CStr::from_ptr((*f).name).to_str().ok()?.to_string(),
+                        arity: (*f).arity as usize,
+                        flags: (*f).flags as usize,
+                    })
+                })
+                .collect();
+
+            Ok(NifLibrary {
+                path: path.to_path_buf(),
+                name,
+                nifs,
+            })
+        }
+    }
+}