The title compound, C21H29NO6, is chiral with three stereogenic centres. The crystal is a racemate and consists of enantiomeric pairs with the relative configuration rac-(2R*,3S*,4R*). The ethyl fragment of the ethoxycarbonyl group at position 1 is disordered in a 0.60:0.40 ratio. The crystal packing displays intermolecular O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding. An intramolecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bond also occurs