The title compound 6-alpha-metyl-3,20-dioxo-5-beta-pregnan-17-alpha-yl acetate crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2(1) with two molecules in the unit cell and the lattice parameters a = 10.889, b = 11.056, c = 9.8029 angstrom, beta = 101.51-degrees. The crystal structure is isostructural with medroxyprogesterone acetate and refined by full matrix least squares calculations up to the discrepancy factor R = 0.051.