diff --git a/py/objtype.c b/py/objtype.c
index 55a321d98c..2970e92767 100644
--- a/py/objtype.c
+++ b/py/objtype.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t instance_unary_op(mp_uint_t op, mp_obj_t self_in) {
     }
 }
 
-STATIC const qstr binary_op_method_name[] = {
+const qstr mp_binary_op_method_name[] = {
     /*
     MP_BINARY_OP_OR,
     MP_BINARY_OP_XOR,
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t instance_binary_op(mp_uint_t op, mp_obj_t lhs_in, mp_obj_t rhs_i
     // Note: For ducktyping, CPython does not look in the instance members or use
     // __getattr__ or __getattribute__.  It only looks in the class dictionary.
     mp_obj_instance_t *lhs = lhs_in;
-    qstr op_name = binary_op_method_name[op];
+    qstr op_name = mp_binary_op_method_name[op];
     /* Still try to lookup native slot
     if (op_name == 0) {
         return MP_OBJ_NULL;
diff --git a/py/showbc.c b/py/showbc.c
index e25b050c68..4a765499cf 100644
--- a/py/showbc.c
+++ b/py/showbc.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "runtime.h"
 #include "bc0.h"
 #include "bc.h"
+extern const qstr mp_binary_op_method_name[];
 
 #if MICROPY_DEBUG_PRINTERS
 
@@ -509,7 +510,8 @@ const byte *mp_bytecode_print_str(const byte *ip) {
             } else if (ip[-1] < MP_BC_UNARY_OP_MULTI + 5) {
                 printf("UNARY_OP " UINT_FMT, (mp_uint_t)ip[-1] - MP_BC_UNARY_OP_MULTI);
             } else if (ip[-1] < MP_BC_BINARY_OP_MULTI + 35) {
-                printf("BINARY_OP " UINT_FMT, (mp_uint_t)ip[-1] - MP_BC_BINARY_OP_MULTI);
+                mp_uint_t op = ip[-1] - MP_BC_BINARY_OP_MULTI;
+                printf("BINARY_OP " UINT_FMT " %s", op, qstr_str(mp_binary_op_method_name[op]));
             } else {
                 printf("code %p, byte code 0x%02x not implemented\n", ip, ip[-1]);
                 assert(0);