We evaluate the pi N coupling constant using a QCD sum rule based on t
he pion-to-vacuum matrix element of the correlator of two interpolatin
g nucleon fields. The part of the correlator with Dirac structure k ga
mma(5) is used, keeping all terms up to dimension 5 in the OPE and inc
luding continuum contributions on the phenomenological side, The ratio
of this sum rule to the nucleon sum rule involving condensates of odd
dimension yields stable results with values of g(pi N) in the range 1
2+/-5. The sources of uncertainty are discussed.