In the title compound, C(13)H(8)Cl(3)NO, the dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 63.2 (2)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into C(4) chains propagating in [001]. Weak aromatic π-π stacking also occurs [centroid-centroid separations = 3.759 (3) and 3.776 (3) Å].