The title compound, C(15)H(14)N(2)O(2), was obtained from the reaction of 3-hy-droxy-benzaldhyde and 4-methyl-benzo-hydrazide in methanol. In the mol-ecule, the benzene rings form a dihedral angle of 2.9 (3)°. In the crystal, N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into layers parallel to (101). The crystal packing also exhibits π-π inter-actions between the aromatic rings [centroid-centroid distance = 3.686 (4) Å].