diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6f4440c460..32b048a768 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 100
 target-version = ['py38']