The invention discloses a preparation method of albendazole, which comprises the following steps of: dissolving 4-propylthio-o-phenylenediamine in methanol, cooling, keeping the temperature at 0-5 DEGC, slowly dropwise adding cyanogen chloride for reaction under the condition of uniform stirring, and regulating and keeping the pH value at 4-5 in the process; heating to 35-45 DEG C after dropwiseadding is finished, carrying out heat preservation for 1-2 hours, then carrying out atmospheric distillation to recover methanol to obtain a solid-liquid mixed aqueous solution, and carrying out cooling, filtering and drying to obtain 6-propylthio-2-amino-1-hydrogen-benzo [d] imidazole; adding the obtained product into methanol, stirring, cooling, maintaining the temperature at 5-10 DEG C, slowlydropwise adding methyl chloroformate, and adjusting and maintaining the pH value at 6-7; after dropwise adding is finished, heating to 35-45 DEG C, keeping the temperature for 1-2 hours, distilling atnormal pressure to recover methanol, cooling to 15-20 DEG C, and performing filtering and drying to obtain an albendazole product. The method has the advantages of mild process conditions, low cost of used raw materials, water saving, strong reaction activity, good selectivity, high product yield and good product quality.