diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 6a2978b1b..a964b6ac4 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+* Add support for PEP 660 editable installs in [#648](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/648)
+
 ## [0.11.5] - 2021-10-13
 
 * Fixed module documentation missing bug of pyo3 bindings in [#639](https://github.com/PyO3/maturin/pull/639)
diff --git a/maturin/__init__.py b/maturin/__init__.py
index 3d7a11834..ee796252e 100644
--- a/maturin/__init__.py
+++ b/maturin/__init__.py
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ def get_config() -> Dict[str, str]:
 
 
 # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
-def build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None):
+def _build_wheel(
+    wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None, editable=False
+):
     # PEP 517 specifies that only `sys.executable` points to the correct
     # python interpreter
     command = ["maturin", "pep517", "build-wheel", "-i", sys.executable]
+    if editable:
+        command.append("--editable")
 
     print("Running `{}`".format(" ".join(command)))
     sys.stdout.flush()
@@ -48,6 +52,11 @@ def build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None):
     return filename
 
 
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+def build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None):
+    return _build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings, metadata_directory)
+
+
 # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
 def build_sdist(sdist_directory, config_settings=None):
     command = ["maturin", "pep517", "write-sdist", "--sdist-directory", sdist_directory]
@@ -74,6 +83,17 @@ def get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=None):
         return []
 
 
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+def build_editable(wheel_directory, config_settings=None, metadata_directory=None):
+    return _build_wheel(
+        wheel_directory, config_settings, metadata_directory, editable=True
+    )
+
+
+# Requirements to build an editable are the same as for a wheel
+get_requires_for_build_editable = get_requires_for_build_wheel
+
+
 # noinspection PyUnusedLocal
 def get_requires_for_build_sdist(config_settings=None):
     return []
@@ -122,3 +142,7 @@ def prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings=None):
     sys.stdout.flush()
     output = output.decode(errors="replace")
     return output.strip().splitlines()[-1]
+
+
+# Metadata for editable are the same as for a wheel
+prepare_metadata_for_build_editable = prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
diff --git a/src/build_context.rs b/src/build_context.rs
index e0abb8bbb..7abd556d4 100644
--- a/src/build_context.rs
+++ b/src/build_context.rs
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ pub struct BuildContext {
     pub cargo_metadata: Metadata,
     /// Whether to use universal2 or use the native macOS tag (off)
     pub universal2: bool,
+    /// Build editable wheels
+    pub editable: bool,
 }
 
 /// The wheel file location and its Python version tag (e.g. `py3`).
@@ -244,6 +246,13 @@ impl BuildContext {
         Ok(policy)
     }
 
+    fn add_pth(&self, writer: &mut WheelWriter) -> Result<()> {
+        if self.editable {
+            writer.add_pth(&self.project_layout, &self.metadata21)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn write_binding_wheel_abi3(
         &self,
         artifact: &Path,
@@ -267,6 +276,8 @@ impl BuildContext {
         )
         .context("Failed to add the files to the wheel")?;
 
+        self.add_pth(&mut writer)?;
+
         let wheel_path = writer.finish()?;
         Ok((wheel_path, format!("cp{}{}", major, min_minor)))
     }
@@ -322,6 +333,8 @@ impl BuildContext {
         )
         .context("Failed to add the files to the wheel")?;
 
+        self.add_pth(&mut writer)?;
+
         let wheel_path = writer.finish()?;
         Ok((
             wheel_path,
@@ -398,10 +411,10 @@ impl BuildContext {
             .target
             .get_universal_tags(platform_tag, self.universal2);
 
-        let mut builder = WheelWriter::new(&tag, &self.out, &self.metadata21, &tags)?;
+        let mut writer = WheelWriter::new(&tag, &self.out, &self.metadata21, &tags)?;
 
         write_cffi_module(
-            &mut builder,
+            &mut writer,
             &self.project_layout,
             self.manifest_path.parent().unwrap(),
             &self.module_name,
@@ -410,7 +423,9 @@ impl BuildContext {
             false,
         )?;
 
-        let wheel_path = builder.finish()?;
+        self.add_pth(&mut writer)?;
+
+        let wheel_path = writer.finish()?;
         Ok((wheel_path, "py3".to_string()))
     }
 
@@ -440,7 +455,7 @@ impl BuildContext {
             bail!("Defining entrypoints and working with a binary doesn't mix well");
         }
 
-        let mut builder = WheelWriter::new(&tag, &self.out, &self.metadata21, &tags)?;
+        let mut writer = WheelWriter::new(&tag, &self.out, &self.metadata21, &tags)?;
 
         match self.project_layout {
             ProjectLayout::Mixed {
@@ -448,7 +463,7 @@ impl BuildContext {
                 ref extension_name,
                 ..
             } => {
-                write_python_part(&mut builder, python_module, extension_name)
+                write_python_part(&mut writer, python_module, extension_name)
                     .context("Failed to add the python module to the package")?;
             }
             ProjectLayout::PureRust { .. } => {}
@@ -459,9 +474,11 @@ impl BuildContext {
         let bin_name = artifact
             .file_name()
             .expect("Couldn't get the filename from the binary produced by cargo");
-        write_bin(&mut builder, artifact, &self.metadata21, bin_name)?;
+        write_bin(&mut writer, artifact, &self.metadata21, bin_name)?;
 
-        let wheel_path = builder.finish()?;
+        self.add_pth(&mut writer)?;
+
+        let wheel_path = writer.finish()?;
         Ok((wheel_path, "py3".to_string()))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/build_options.rs b/src/build_options.rs
index 75dc8b477..33d6b1f25 100644
--- a/src/build_options.rs
+++ b/src/build_options.rs
@@ -106,7 +106,12 @@ impl Default for BuildOptions {
 
 impl BuildOptions {
     /// Tries to fill the missing metadata for a BuildContext by querying cargo and python
-    pub fn into_build_context(self, release: bool, strip: bool) -> Result<BuildContext> {
+    pub fn into_build_context(
+        self,
+        release: bool,
+        strip: bool,
+        editable: bool,
+    ) -> Result<BuildContext> {
         let manifest_file = &self.manifest_path;
         if !manifest_file.exists() {
             let current_dir =
@@ -303,6 +308,7 @@ impl BuildOptions {
             interpreter,
             cargo_metadata,
             universal2,
+            editable,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -789,7 +795,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut options = BuildOptions::default();
         options.cargo_extra_args.push("--features log".to_string());
         options.bindings = Some("bin".to_string());
-        let context = options.into_build_context(false, false).unwrap();
+        let context = options.into_build_context(false, false, false).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(context.cargo_extra_args, vec!["--features", "log"])
     }
 
diff --git a/src/develop.rs b/src/develop.rs
index 42ad78b51..b2c51e14e 100644
--- a/src/develop.rs
+++ b/src/develop.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub fn develop(
         universal2: false,
     };
 
-    let build_context = build_options.into_build_context(release, strip)?;
+    let build_context = build_options.into_build_context(release, strip, false)?;
 
     let interpreter = PythonInterpreter::check_executable(python, &target, &build_context.bridge)?
         .ok_or_else(|| {
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cf728c36a..d9876af1d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -323,6 +323,9 @@ enum Pep517Command {
         /// Strip the library for minimum file size
         #[structopt(long)]
         strip: bool,
+        /// Build editable wheels
+        #[structopt(long)]
+        editable: bool,
     },
     /// The implementation of build_sdist
     #[structopt(name = "write-sdist")]
@@ -356,7 +359,7 @@ fn pep517(subcommand: Pep517Command) -> Result<()> {
                 build_options.interpreter.as_ref(),
                 Some(version) if version.len() == 1
             ));
-            let context = build_options.into_build_context(true, strip)?;
+            let context = build_options.into_build_context(true, strip, false)?;
 
             // Since afaik all other PEP 517 backends also return linux tagged wheels, we do so too
             let tags = match context.bridge {
@@ -384,8 +387,9 @@ fn pep517(subcommand: Pep517Command) -> Result<()> {
         Pep517Command::BuildWheel {
             build_options,
             strip,
+            editable,
         } => {
-            let build_context = build_options.into_build_context(true, strip)?;
+            let build_context = build_options.into_build_context(true, strip, editable)?;
             let wheels = build_context.build_wheels()?;
             assert_eq!(wheels.len(), 1);
             println!("{}", wheels[0].0.to_str().unwrap());
@@ -507,7 +511,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             strip,
             no_sdist,
         } => {
-            let build_context = build.into_build_context(release, strip)?;
+            let build_context = build.into_build_context(release, strip, false)?;
             if !no_sdist {
                 build_context.build_source_distribution()?;
             }
@@ -521,7 +525,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<()> {
             no_strip,
             no_sdist,
         } => {
-            let build_context = build.into_build_context(!debug, !no_strip)?;
+            let build_context = build.into_build_context(!debug, !no_strip, false)?;
 
             if !build_context.release {
                 eprintln!("⚠️  Warning: You're publishing debug wheels");
diff --git a/src/module_writer.rs b/src/module_writer.rs
index 8ea835a10..2fa054bb6 100644
--- a/src/module_writer.rs
+++ b/src/module_writer.rs
@@ -268,6 +268,29 @@ impl WheelWriter {
         Ok(builder)
     }
 
+    /// Add a pth file to wheel root for editable installs
+    pub fn add_pth(
+        &mut self,
+        project_layout: &ProjectLayout,
+        metadata21: &Metadata21,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        match project_layout {
+            ProjectLayout::Mixed {
+                ref python_module, ..
+            } => {
+                let absolute_path = python_module.canonicalize()?;
+                if let Some(python_path) = absolute_path.parent().and_then(|p| p.to_str()) {
+                    let name = metadata21.get_distribution_escaped();
+                    self.add_bytes(format!("{}.pth", name), python_path.as_bytes())?;
+                } else {
+                    println!("⚠  source code path contains non-Unicode sequences, editable installs may not work.");
+                }
+            }
+            ProjectLayout::PureRust { .. } => {}
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Creates the record file and finishes the zip
     pub fn finish(mut self) -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error> {
         let compression_method = if cfg!(feature = "faster-tests") {
diff --git a/tests/common/errors.rs b/tests/common/errors.rs
index 5852e7b32..92545ee74 100644
--- a/tests/common/errors.rs
+++ b/tests/common/errors.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub fn abi3_without_version() -> Result<()> {
     ];
 
     let options = BuildOptions::from_iter_safe(cli)?;
-    let result = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"));
+    let result = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false);
     if let Err(err) = result {
         assert_eq!(err.to_string(),
             "You have selected the `abi3` feature but not a minimum version (e.g. the `abi3-py36` feature). \
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub fn pyo3_no_extension_module() -> Result<()> {
 
     let options = BuildOptions::from_iter_safe(cli)?;
     let result = options
-        .into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"))?
+        .into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false)?
         .build_wheels();
     if let Err(err) = result {
         if !(err
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn locked_doesnt_build_without_cargo_lock() -> Result<()> {
         "-i=python",
     ];
     let options = BuildOptions::from_iter_safe(cli)?;
-    let result = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"));
+    let result = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false);
     if let Err(err) = result {
         let err_string = err
             .source()
diff --git a/tests/common/integration.rs b/tests/common/integration.rs
index 73c542f40..82a6a73c0 100644
--- a/tests/common/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/common/integration.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn test_integration(package: impl AsRef<Path>, bindings: Option<String>) ->
 
     let options: BuildOptions = BuildOptions::from_iter_safe(cli)?;
 
-    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"))?;
+    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false)?;
     let wheels = build_context.build_wheels()?;
 
     let test_name = package
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub fn test_integration_conda(package: impl AsRef<Path>, bindings: Option<String
 
     let options = BuildOptions::from_iter_safe(cli)?;
 
-    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"))?;
+    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false)?;
     let wheels = build_context.build_wheels()?;
 
     let mut conda_wheels: Vec<(PathBuf, PathBuf)> = vec![];
diff --git a/tests/common/other.rs b/tests/common/other.rs
index 267951d42..e959f16f8 100644
--- a/tests/common/other.rs
+++ b/tests/common/other.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn test_musl() -> Result<bool> {
         "linux",
     ])?;
 
-    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"))?;
+    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false)?;
     let built_lib = build_context
         .manifest_path
         .parent()
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub fn test_workspace_cargo_lock() -> Result<()> {
         "linux",
     ])?;
 
-    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"))?;
+    let build_context = options.into_build_context(false, cfg!(feature = "faster-tests"), false)?;
     let source_distribution = build_context.build_source_distribution()?;
     assert!(source_distribution.is_some());