diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87688fd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools_scm", "wheel"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3dafc3eef..5675a9f86 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ def local_scheme(version):
     #long_description="""TODO""",
     license="BSD",
     python_requires="~=3.6",
-    setup_requires=["setuptools", "setuptools_scm"],
     install_requires=[
         "importlib_metadata; python_version<'3.8'",  # for __version__ and nmigen._yosys
         "importlib_resources; python_version<'3.9'", # for nmigen._yosys