The reddish-brown title complex, [Ni(C(18)H(27)N(2)Si)(2)], was prepared via the salt-metathesis reaction of N-triisopropyl-silyl-8-amido-quinoline lithium with nickelocene (NiCp(2)). The asymmetric unit contains two symmetry-independent mol-ecules with the Ni atoms in distorted tetra-hedral environments.