A non-woven composite interlining fabric, which is capable of being fused on by application of an adhesive substance, contains a non-woven fabric having a mass per unit area of 10 to 40 g/m.sup.2 with warp reinforcement, which warp reinforcement contains 5 to 25 g/m.sup.2 textured warp yarn having a primary elongation of 10 to 35% with a total denier of 30 to 120 dtex. The weight ratio of warp yarn:non-woven fabric is from 1:3 to 3:1. The thread count is 3 to 25/inch. The composite fabric is manufactured in a warp knitting machine having a non-woven fabric feed, the non-woven fabric being reinforced with textured filaments and, at the end, the composite being thermofixed and provided with the melting adhesive. After the warp yarn is fed and prior to the thermofixing, the composite fabric is subjected to a shrinking process. The composite fabric exhibits a final elongation in the longitudinal direction of 50 to 120%.