The ternary indides Zr5Rh2In4 and Hf5Rh2In2 were synthesized by high-frequency melting of the elements in glassy carbon crucibles in a water-cooled sample chamber. Both compounds have been investigated by X-ray diffraction on powders and single crystals: Lu5Ni2In4 type, Pbam, a = 1739.8(2), b = 758.3(1), c = 337.42(5) pm, wR2 = 0.0420, 1015 F2 values for Zr5Rh2In4, and a = 1732.1(3), b = 757.5(2), c = 333.36(7) pm, wR2 = 0.0534, 739 F2 values for Hf5Rh2In4 with 36 variables per refinement. The structures contain three crystallographically different zirconium(hafnium) siteswith coordination numbers 12, 14, and 16. Striking structural motifs are distorted rhodium-centered trigonal prisms formed by the zirconium(hafnium) atoms and CuAu related distorted cubes of zirconium (hafnium) and indium atoms. The shortest interatomic distances occur for Zr-Rh and Hf-Rh followed by Rh-In. Chemical bonding in these intermetallics is briefly discussed.