diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
index 9860b9c7fc..fe135a1368 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python.yml
@@ -77,4 +77,3 @@ jobs:
 #       python3 setup.py install --user
 #   - name: Test
 #     run: python3 -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_python_wheel.yml b/.github/workflows/build_python_wheel.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76b932c0ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_python_wheel.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+name: Python wheels
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    paths:
+    - ".github/workflows/build_python.yml"
+    - "**.cpp"
+    - "**.h"
+    - "**.c"
+    - "**.cu"
+    - "**.cmake"
+    - "**CMakeLists.txt"
+    - "**py"
+  pull_request:
+      branches:
+      - master
+      paths:
+      - ".github/workflows/build_python.yml"
+      - "**.cpp"
+      - "**.h"
+      - "**.c"
+      - "**.cu"
+      - "**.cmake"
+      - "**CMakeLists.txt"
+      - "**py"
+  
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  build_wheels_matrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      include: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.include }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+      - run: pip install cibuildwheel==2.20.0  # sync version with pypa/cibuildwheel below
+      - id: set-matrix
+        env:
+          CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON: '>=3.7'  # it is missing in setup.py and needed to determine which wheels to build
+        run: |
+          MATRIX_INCLUDE=$(
+            {
+              cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform linux --arch x86_64,aarch64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "ubuntu-latest"}' \
+              && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform macos --arch x86_64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "macos-13"}' \
+              && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform macos --arch arm64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "macos-14"}' \
+              && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform windows --arch AMD64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "windows-latest"}'
+            } | jq -sc
+          )
+          echo "include=$MATRIX_INCLUDE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  build_wheels:
+    needs: build_wheels_matrix
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: Build ${{ matrix.only }}
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.build_wheels_matrix.outputs.include) }}
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Disable gui support
+      run: |
+        sed -i'' -e "s/_cmake_extra_options = \[\]/_cmake_extra_options = \['-DDLIB_NO_GUI_SUPPORT=ON'\]/" setup.py
+          
+    - name: Set up QEMU
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
+
+    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.20.0  # sync version with pip install cibuildwheel above
+      with:
+        only: ${{ matrix.only }}
+      env:
+        CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 1
+        CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: python -c "import dlib"
+
+# Disabled for now since something is going sideways with python packages on github actions
+# MacOS:
+#   runs-on: 'macos-latest'
+#   steps:
+#   - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#   - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+#   - name: Install python deps
+#     run: pip3 install pytest numpy
+#   - name: Build
+#     run: |
+#       python3 setup.py build
+#       python3 setup.py install --user
+#   - name: Test
+#     run: python3 -m pytest --ignore docs --ignore dlib
+
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9787c3bdf0..50c57b3627 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "cmake==3.24.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"