diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc76d67c8..10f0b5213 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ artifacts = ["src/wtforms/locale/**/*.mo"]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
 dependencies = [
-    "Babel>=2.6.0"
+    "Babel>=2.6.0",
+    "setuptools; python_version>='3.12'",
 ]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]