diff --git a/source/derelict/util/buildhelper.d b/source/derelict/util/buildhelper.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d438bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/derelict/util/buildhelper.d
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+module derelict.util.buildhelper;
+
+import std.traits;
+
+template BuildLoadSymbols(alias T, bool doThrow = false)
+{
+	string _buildLoadSymbols(alias T, bool doThrow = false)()
+	{
+		static if(doThrow)
+			enum dthrow = "true";
+		else
+			enum dthrow = "false";
+		
+		string bindlist = "\n{";
+		foreach(mem; __traits(derivedMembers, T))
+		{
+			static if( isFunctionPointer!(__traits(getMember, T, mem)) /*&& !is(typeof(__traits(getMember, T, mem)) == immutable)*/)
+			{
+				bindlist ~= "\tbindFunc(" ~ mem ~ ", \"" ~ mem ~ "\", " ~ dthrow ~ ");\n";
+			}
+		}
+		bindlist ~= "}";
+		return bindlist;
+	}
+
+	enum BuildLoadSymbols = _buildLoadSymbols!(T, doThrow)();
+}
+
diff --git a/source/derelict/util/loader.d b/source/derelict/util/loader.d
index e3bf854..c62d955 100644
--- a/source/derelict/util/loader.d
+++ b/source/derelict/util/loader.d
@@ -346,5 +346,26 @@ abstract class SharedLibLoader {
             void* func = loadSymbol(funcName, doThrow);
             *ptr = func;
         }
+
+        /++
+         Subclasses can use this to bind a function pointer to a symbol in the
+         shared library.
+
+         Params:
+            fun =       function pointer that will be used as the bind
+                        point.
+            funcName =  The name of the symbol to be bound.
+            doThrow =   If true, a SymbolLoadException will be thrown if the symbol
+                        is missing. If false, no exception will be thrown and the
+                        ptr parameter will be set to null.
+         Throws:        SymbolLoadException if doThrow is true and a the symbol
+                        specified by funcName is missing from the shared library.
+        +/
+        import std.traits;
+        final void bindFunc(TFUN)(ref TFUN fun, string funcName, bool doThrow = true) 
+                                                            if(isFunctionPointer!(TFUN)){
+            void* func = loadSymbol(funcName, doThrow);
+            fun = cast(TFUN)func;
+        }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}