InP/In0.53Ga0.47As heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT's) utilizing a carbon-doped base have been demonstrated. The devices were grown by low-pressure metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (LP-MOCVD) using carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) as the p-type dopant source. These devices exhibit a dc common-emitter current gain of 50 and an emitter-base junction ideality factor of 1.29 in a structure for which no undoped spacer layer was employed at the emitter-base junction. These preliminary results suggest that C-doping of In0.53Ga0.47As may be a suitable alternative to Zn in MOCVD-grown InP/In0.53Ga0.47 As HBTs.