The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(8)H(9)Cl(2)NO, contains two crystallographically independent mol-ecules which are connected via an N-H⋯O hydrogen bond . There is aromatic π-π stacking in the crystal, with a centroid-centroid distance between benzene rings of 3.48 (2)Å. The crystal packing is stabilized by intermolecular hydrogen bonds.