diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e8f8f2de24be8f313e53416d31ebdfc391418d93..dc67ef6f76d0b6b251eba4eeed85b7b7e2c8da05 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["cython==0.29.21", "numpy==1.19.1"]
+requires = ["cython==0.29.21", "numpy==1.19.1", "setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]