Three groups of six piglets (Duroc x Landrace), weaned at 28 days old, were used in order to measure the total tract (TTAD) and ileal (IAD) apparent digestibility of white or black chickpea. The piglets of each group were pair-fed a control (C) diet based on casein or a diet in which 50% of crude protein (CP) was supplied by the white (WCP) or the black chickpea (BCP). TTAD and IAD were measured in the same piglets, between 32-39 and 53-60 days, respectively. TTAD of dry matter (DM) and energy was the lowest (P< 0.001) for the BCP diet. TTAD of CP was 0.914, 0.844 and 0.830 (P< 0.001), and the IAD of CP was 0.912, 0.848 and 0.848 (P< 0.01) for diets C, WCP and BCP, respectively. For diets C, WCP and BCP, the IAD was 0.937, 0.924 and 0.928 (P>0.05) for lysine, 0.926, 0.929 and 0.916 (P>0.05) for methionine and 0.893, 0.820 and 0.814 (P< 0.01) for threonine, respectively. The white and black chickpea seeds supplied 11.4 and 14.2 g.kg-1 of IAD lysine, 2.8 and 2.4 g.kg-1 of IAD methionine and 6.8 and 6.1 g.kg-1 of IAD threonine, respectively. Digestible energy (MJ.kg-1) of the legume seeds was 16.4 for white chickpea and 15.1 for black chickpea. To conclude, differences in the nutritive nitrogen value of the legume seeds were moderate. Both white chickpea and black chickpea seem to be good protein and energy sources for the weaned piglet.