diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 89c7cb4d98214c2d9dd9b4eb5d21a63a00e433d5..ac712a49fae8cbae4349becc3afe56093578de97 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ include configure.py
 include Makefile.in
 include aksetup_helper.py
 include README_SETUP.txt
+include pyproject.toml
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..948bc1dba517d2a9080b47e67253fad1fdf09801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "numpy", "pybind11"]