diff --git a/v3/bind.go b/v3/bind.go
index a37f8e2c..5d08715b 100644
--- a/v3/bind.go
+++ b/v3/bind.go
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import (
 	enchex "encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"math/rand"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp"
 	ber "github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber"
 )
 
@@ -733,3 +733,115 @@ RESP:
 
 	return nil, GetLDAPError(packet)
 }
+
+// ServerBindStep sends the SASLBindRequest and return the result code, servercred and errors.
+// If the result code is not SUCCESS(0x00) or IN_PROGRESS(0x0e), it's also considered as an error.
+func (l *Conn) ServerBindStep(clientCred []byte, dn string, methodName string, controls []Control) (resultCode uint16, serverCred []byte, err error) {
+	packet := ber.Encode(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypeConstructed, ber.TagSequence, nil, "LDAP Request")
+	packet.AppendChild(ber.NewInteger(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagInteger, l.nextMessageID(), "MessageID"))
+
+	request := ber.Encode(ber.ClassApplication, ber.TypeConstructed, ApplicationBindRequest, nil, "Bind Request")
+	request.AppendChild(ber.NewInteger(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagInteger, 3, "Version"))
+	request.AppendChild(ber.NewString(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, dn, "User Name"))
+
+	auth := ber.Encode(ber.ClassContext, ber.TypeConstructed, 3, "", "authentication")
+	auth.AppendChild(ber.NewString(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, methodName, "SASL Mech"))
+	auth.AppendChild(ber.NewString(ber.ClassUniversal, ber.TypePrimitive, ber.TagOctetString, string(clientCred), "Credentials"))
+	request.AppendChild(auth)
+	packet.AppendChild(request)
+
+	if len(controls) > 0 {
+		packet.AppendChild(encodeControls(controls))
+	}
+
+	msgCtx, err := l.sendMessage(packet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, err
+	}
+	defer l.finishMessage(msgCtx)
+
+	packetResponse, ok := <-msgCtx.responses
+	if !ok {
+		return 0, nil, errors.New("ldap: response channel closed")
+	}
+	packet, err = packetResponse.ReadPacket()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	bindResponse, err := parseBindResponse(packet)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	// TODO: add global constants. As this package used `uint16` to represent the result code nearly everywhere,
+	// these constants were
+	const LDAPResultCodeSuccess = 0
+	const LDAPResultCodeSASLBindInProgress = 0x0e
+	if bindResponse.resultCode != LDAPResultCodeSuccess && bindResponse.resultCode != LDAPResultCodeSASLBindInProgress {
+		return bindResponse.resultCode, nil, &Error{
+			ResultCode: bindResponse.resultCode,
+			MatchedDN:  bindResponse.matchedDN,
+			Err:        fmt.Errorf("%s", bindResponse.errorMessage),
+			Packet:     packet,
+		}
+	}
+	return bindResponse.resultCode, bindResponse.serverSaslCreds, nil
+}
+
+type bindResponse struct {
+	resultCode      uint16
+	matchedDN       string
+	errorMessage    string
+	serverSaslCreds []byte
+}
+
+// parseBindResponse parses the bind response. The format of a BindResponse is like below:
+//
+// ```
+//
+//	BindResponse ::= [APPLICATION 1] SEQUENCE {
+//	  COMPONENTS OF LDAPResult,
+//	  serverSaslCreds  [7] OCTET STRING OPTIONAL }
+//
+//	LDAPResult ::= SEQUENCE {
+//	  resultCode      ENUMERATED,
+//	  matchedDN       LDAPDN,
+//	  errorMessage    LDAPString,
+//	  referral        [3] Referral OPTIONAL }
+//
+// ```
+//
+// TODO: support `referral` field in this function
+func parseBindResponse(packet *ber.Packet) (*bindResponse, error) {
+	if packet == nil {
+		return nil, &Error{ResultCode: ErrorUnexpectedResponse, Err: fmt.Errorf("Empty packet")}
+	}
+	if len(packet.Children) < 2 {
+		return nil, &Error{ResultCode: ErrorNetwork, Err: fmt.Errorf("Invalid packet format"), Packet: packet}
+	}
+
+	response := packet.Children[1]
+	if response == nil {
+		return nil, &Error{ResultCode: ErrorUnexpectedResponse, Err: fmt.Errorf("Empty response in packet"), Packet: packet}
+	}
+
+	if !(response.ClassType == ber.ClassApplication && response.TagType == ber.TypeConstructed && len(response.Children) >= 3) {
+		return nil, &Error{ResultCode: ErrorUnexpectedResponse, Err: fmt.Errorf("Empty response in packet"), Packet: packet}
+	}
+	resp := &bindResponse{
+		uint16(response.Children[0].Value.(int64)),
+		response.Children[1].Value.(string),
+		response.Children[2].Value.(string),
+		nil,
+	}
+	if len(response.Children) < 4 {
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+	// then the response.Children[3] can be an referral or serverSaslCreds. It can be asserted with tag
+	// TODO: also add referral
+	if response.Children[3].ClassType == ber.ClassContext && response.Children[3].Tag == ber.TagObjectDescriptor {
+		resp.serverSaslCreds = response.Children[3].Data.Bytes()
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}