The title compound {systematic name: 4-methyl-N'-[(3E)-2-(1-methyl-prop-yl)-5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl-idene]benzene-sulfono-hydrazide}, C(15)H(21)N(3)O(3)S, is the condensation product of deacetyl tenuazonic acid (DTA) and p-toluene-sulfonohydrazide. The crystal structure consists of chains along [100] linked by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.