In the title compound, C14H12ClN5, the di-hydro-pyridine ring adopts a shallow boat conformation. The dihedral angle between the plane of this ring and that of the chloro-benzene ring is 69.15 (15)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯N and N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, generating (001) sheets.