diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml
index 3a59c15..5bc517a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.hyphenated}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "click"
 ]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 {% if cookiecutter.github_username %}
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.github_username }}/{{ cookiecutter.hyphenated }}"