The synthesis of peptide hydroxamic acids has been performed on a solid support. A carboxyl group of a peptide synthesized on para-methylbenzhydrylamine (pMBHA) resin was converted to a hydroxamate functional group by condensing with NH2OBzl, which was found preferable to NH2OtBu or NH2OTrt. The hydroxamate benzyl protecting group was removed subsequently during HF cleavage of the peptide resin. Five peptide hydroxamic acids were prepared according to this new method.