In the crystal structure of the title salt {systematic name: 4-[3-(5H-dibenz[b,f]azepin-5-yl)prop-yl]-1-(2-hy-droxy-eth-yl)piperazin-1-ium (2Z)-3-carb-oxy-prop-2-enoate}, C(23)H(30)N(3)O(+)·C(4)H(3)O(4) (-), the piperazine group in the opipramol cation is protonated at only one of the N atoms. In the cation, the dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 53.5 (6)°. An extensive array of inter-molecular O-H⋯O, O-H⋯N and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak inter-molecular N-H⋯O, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯π inter-actions dominate the crystal packing.