The asymmetric unit of the title compound (systematic name: 2-benzoyl-4-chloroaniline), C13H10ClNO, contains four independent molecules with similar dihedral angles between the benzene rings [ranging from 53.7 (2) to 59.8 (2)°]. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by N—H...O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional supramolecular architecture.