diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc3bf1a1..58f21a86 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ docutils = "*"
 safety = "^1.9"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "setuptools"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"