diff --git a/libr/core/cbin.c b/libr/core/cbin.c
index 387554e108e62..df3f9bdc3c765 100644
--- a/libr/core/cbin.c
+++ b/libr/core/cbin.c
@@ -4361,7 +4361,8 @@ static bool bin_header(RCore *r, int mode) {
 R_API bool r_core_bin_info(RCore *core, int action, PJ *pj, int mode, int va, RCoreBinFilter *filter, const char *chksum) {
 	bool ret = true;
 	const char *name = NULL;
-	ut64 at = UT64_MAX, loadaddr = r_bin_get_laddr (core->bin);
+	ut64 at = UT64_MAX;
+	ut64 loadaddr = r_bin_get_laddr (core->bin);
 	if (filter && filter->offset) {
 		at = filter->offset;
 	}
diff --git a/libr/core/cconfig.c b/libr/core/cconfig.c
index b01a12e05951e..428394d94fb5d 100644
--- a/libr/core/cconfig.c
+++ b/libr/core/cconfig.c
@@ -3697,7 +3697,6 @@ R_API int r_core_config_init(RCore *core) {
 	SETCB("bin.demangle.trylib", "true", &cb_demangle_trylib, "try to use system available libraries to demangle");
 	SETBPREF ("bin.demangle.libs", "false", "show library name on demangled symbols names");
 	SETI ("bin.baddr", -1, "base address of the binary");
-	SETI ("bin.laddr", 0, "base address for loading library ('*.so')");
 	SETCB ("bin.dbginfo", "true", &cb_bindbginfo, "load debug information at startup if available");
 	SETBPREF ("bin.relocs", "true", "load relocs information at startup if available");
 	SETICB ("bin.str.min", 0, &cb_binminstr, "minimum string length for r_bin");
diff --git a/libr/core/cfile.c b/libr/core/cfile.c
index 949df61371875..68342df2b45a8 100644
--- a/libr/core/cfile.c
+++ b/libr/core/cfile.c
@@ -48,13 +48,33 @@ static void loadGP(RCore *core) {
 	}
 }
 
+R_API ut64 r_core_get_cur_laddr(RCore *core) {
+	RListIter *iter;
+	RIOMap *map;
+	ut64 laddr = 0;
+	RIODesc *odesc = core->io ? core->io->desc : NULL;
+	if (odesc) {
+		RList *maps = r_io_map_get_by_fd (core->io, odesc->fd);
+		r_list_foreach (maps, iter, map) {
+			if (map->delta) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (map->itv.addr && (!laddr || map->itv.addr < laddr)) {
+				laddr = map->itv.addr;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return laddr;
+}
+
 R_API bool r_core_file_reopen(RCore *core, const char *args, int perm, int loadbin) {
 	const bool isdebug = r_config_get_b (core->config, "cfg.debug");
 	char *path;
-	ut64 laddr = r_config_get_i (core->config, "bin.laddr");
 	RIODesc *odesc = core->io ? core->io->desc : NULL;
 	RBinFile *bf = odesc ? r_bin_file_find_by_fd (core->bin, odesc->fd) : NULL;
 	char *ofilepath = NULL, *obinfilepath = (bf && bf->file)? strdup (bf->file): NULL;
+	ut64 laddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (core);
+
 	bool ret = false;
 	ut64 origoff = core->offset;
 	if (odesc) {
@@ -612,7 +632,11 @@ static bool linkcb(void *user, void *data, ut32 id) {
 R_API bool r_core_bin_load(RCore *r, const char *filenameuri, ut64 baddr) {
 	r_return_val_if_fail (r && r->io, false);
 	R_CRITICAL_ENTER (r);
+#if 0
 	ut64 laddr = r_config_get_i (r->config, "bin.laddr");
+#else
+	ut64 laddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (r);
+#endif
 	RBinFile *binfile = NULL;
 	RBinPlugin *plugin = NULL;
 	const char *cmd_load;
@@ -924,11 +948,6 @@ R_API RIODesc *r_core_file_open(RCore *r, const char *file, int flags, ut64 load
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	//used by r_core_bin_load otherwise won't load correctly
-	//this should be argument of r_core_bin_load <shrug>
-	if (loadaddr != UT64_MAX) {
-		r_config_set_i (r->config, "bin.laddr", loadaddr);
-	}
 	r_core_cmd0 (r, "=!");
 beach:
 	r->times->file_open_time = r_time_now_mono () - prev;
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd_info.c b/libr/core/cmd_info.c
index 532a68165103d..0192d5e38d9a5 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd_info.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd_info.c
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ static void r_core_file_info(RCore *core, PJ *pj, int mode) {
 				pj_ks (pj, "referer", desc->referer);
 			}
 		}
+		ut64 laddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (core);
+		if (laddr) {
+			pj_kn (pj, "laddr", laddr);
+		}
 		pj_ki (pj, "block", core->blocksize);
 		if (binfile) {
 			if (binfile->curxtr) {
@@ -276,6 +280,16 @@ static void r_core_file_info(RCore *core, PJ *pj, int mode) {
 				r_num_units (humansz, sizeof (humansz), fsz);
 				pair ("humansz", humansz);
 			}
+			ut64 laddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (core);
+			if (laddr && laddr != UT64_MAX) {
+				char *laddrs = r_str_newf ("0x%08"PFMT64x, laddr);
+				pair ("laddr", laddrs);
+				free (laddrs);
+			}
+		}
+		ut64 laddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (core);
+		if (laddr) {
+			pair ("laddr", r_strf ("0x%"PFMT64x, laddr));
 		}
 		if (desc) {
 			pair ("mode", r_str_rwx_i (desc->perm & R_PERM_RWX));
diff --git a/libr/core/core.c b/libr/core/core.c
index 02c8126cc9a5b..856e16b4ae221 100644
--- a/libr/core/core.c
+++ b/libr/core/core.c
@@ -3753,7 +3753,7 @@ R_API bool r_core_serve(RCore *core, RIODesc *file) {
 				if (!ptr) {
 					R_LOG_ERROR ("Cannot malloc in rmt-open len = %d", cmd);
 				} else {
-					ut64 baddr = r_config_get_i (core->config, "bin.laddr");
+					ut64 baddr = r_core_get_cur_laddr (core);
 					r_socket_read_block (c, ptr, cmd);
 					ptr[cmd] = 0;
 					ut32 perm = R_PERM_R;
diff --git a/libr/include/r_core.h b/libr/include/r_core.h
index 0e4e578ef838b..ef933207d4cc4 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_core.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_core.h
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ R_API int r_core_search_cb(RCore *core, ut64 from, ut64 to, RCoreSearchCallback
 R_API bool r_core_serve(RCore *core, RIODesc *fd);
 
 // RCoreFile APIs (bind, riodesc + rbinfile)
+R_API ut64 r_core_get_cur_laddr(RCore *core);
 R_API bool r_core_file_reopen(RCore *core, const char *args, int perm, int binload);
 R_API void r_core_file_reopen_debug(RCore *core, const char *args);
 R_API void r_core_file_reopen_remote_debug(RCore *core, char *uri, ut64 addr);