Abstract. We perform a study of the ND interaction within a chiral constituent quark model. This model has been completely tight in the description of the NN interaction and the baryon and meson spectra, therefore provides a parameter-free framework from where to address the problem of the charm −1 two hadron systems. We predict the existence of a unique bound state, D * with (T , S) = (1, 5/2), that would appear in the scattering ofD mesons on nucleons as a D wave state. This resonance resembles our findings in the system, that offered a plausible explanation to the cross section of double-pionic fusion reactions through the so-called ABC effect.The study of the chiral symmetry restoration in a hot and/or dense medium, the suppression of the J / production in heavy ion collisions, or the possible existence of exotic nuclei with heavy flavors are a few examples of problems where the correct understanding of the interaction between nucleons and D mesons is necessary. Indeed, the FAIR facility at GSI will soon allow to study the ND interactions inside nuclear matter [1]. However, before one can extract information from the incoming experiments, a good description of the same problem in free space has to be achieved. At this point one has to admit that there is a complete lack of experimental information at low energies. Therefore the conclusions extracted from generalizations of models that have been successful in the light-flavor sector may be helpful.We approach the study of the ND system (ND, ND * , D , D * ) from a chiral constituent quark model (CCQM) [2,3], which successfully described the NN interaction and the meson spectra in all flavors, with the hope that our predictions may be supported by the next generation of experiments to be done atP ANDA.In the CCQM, the wave function of a baryon-meson B i M j system can be written as: a