Cadmium metal was oxidized in the presence of N-methylisatin N(4)-cyclohexyl-thiosemicarbazone (HMeIs4Chex) in an acetonitrile solution, which produced a complex of the formula [Cd(MeIs4Chex)2]. The two MeIs4Chex ligands are at an angle close to 90° from each other, and there is hydrogen bonding to two adjacent molecules by the anionic ligands remaining NH groups. The complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c with a = 11.820(4), b = 11.491(4), c = 27.834(4) Å, β = 106.82(2)°, V = 3618.7(17) Å3 and Z = 4.