OBJECTIVE: To establish a method for the determination of related substances in Vildagliptin tablets. METHODS: HPLC method was adopted. The determination was performed on Xterra MS C18 column with mobile phase consisted of [phosphate buffer-water-acetonitrie-methanol (400 ∶ 600 ∶ 15 ∶ 15,V/V/V/V)]-[phosphate buffer-acetonitrile-methanol (400 ∶ 450 ∶ 150,V/V/V)] (gradient elution) at the flow rate of 1.2 mL/min. The detection wavelength was set at 210 nm and column temperature was 35 ℃. The sample size was 10 μL. RESULTS: The linear ranges were 18.80-188.0 μg/mL for impurity A (r=0.999 5), 22.64-226.4 μg/mL for impurity B (r=0.999 6), 21.74-217.4 μg/mL for impurity C (r=0.999 7), 19.12-191.2 μg/mL for impurity D (r=0.999 8). The limits of detection were 4.18, 2.68, 1.12, 1.34 μg/mL, respectively; RSDs of precision, stability and reproducibility tests were lower than 3%; the recoveries of impurity A, B, C and D were 97.9%-103.1%(RSD=2.01%,n=9), 98.8%-104.1%(RSD=1.93%, n=9), 98.0%-103.6%(RSD=1.81%,n=9), 100.8%-104.1%(RSD=0.98%,n=9),respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The method is simple and accurate, and can be used for the determination of related substances in Vildagliptin tablets.