diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fa137a3d..5f7cbbdd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 40.8.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 121