diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c21c4c57a..8ed6e18f21 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+requires = ["setuptools>=44", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
 target-version = ['py37']