diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1b5c86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "wheel",
+    "ninja; sys_platform != 'win32'",
+    "cmake>=3.12",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 48c96af..70113dd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ setup(
     package_dir={'': '.'},
     package_data={'': ['py.typed'] + stubs},
     include_package_data=True,
-    setup_requires=["ninja", "setuptools_scm"],
     install_requires=["Pillow", "click"],
     extras_require={
         "tests": ["nose", "parameterized"],