diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f98f946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "Cython<3.0.0"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88277d2..372d979 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
     name="midistream",
     packages=["midistream"],
     cmdclass={"build_ext": build_ext},
+    setup_requires=['setuptools_scm',
+                    'setuptools>=18.0',
+                    'cython'],
     ext_modules=[
         Extension(
             "libmidi",