In the title compound, C(14)H(11)Cl(2)NO, the two aromatic rings are nearly orthogonal to each other [dihedral angle 79.7 (1)°], while the central amide core -NH-C(=O)- is nearly coplanar with the benzoyl ring [N-C-C-C torsion angles = -5.5 (3) and 1772. (2)°]. In the crystal, inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into C(4) chains propagating in [001].