diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d7bf33d..b30531e5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"