The paper aimed to establish a method for the determination of nilutamide and related impurities in nilutamide active pharmaceutical ingredient(API).HPLC method was adopted.WondaSil C18-WR column was used with mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile-potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution(pH=7.5, gradient elution and isocratic elution), along with a diode array detector(DAD) to control nilutamide and impurity.The detection wavelength was set at 267 nm and 230 nm.The column temperature was 30 °C, and sample amount was 10 μl.The linear range of nilutamide and impurity I were 0.1-1.25 mg/mL(r=0.999 6) and 0.64-6.40 μ g/mL(0.999 9); and the average recoveries were 94.2%(RSD=0.57%, n=2) and 98.6%(RSD=2.1%, n=2).The impurity I was not more than 0.2%, and total impurity was less than 2.0%.The method is rapid, simple, specific, and suitable for the quality control of nilutamide API.