diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e61693e28..8c19e7e4e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 40.8.0",
+    "setuptools_scm >= 2.0.0, <4",
+    "wheel >= 0.29.0",
+]
+build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+
 [tool.towncrier]
 package = "pulp_file"
 filename = "CHANGES.rst"