diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7089f77..746b82f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ references:
 
         declare -a FILES=(
           "setup.py"
+          "pyproject.toml"
           "all-requirements.txt"
         )
         for f in ${FILES[@]}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0e1ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 40.9.0",
+    "Sphinx >=2, <7",
+    "Pygments >=2.0, <3",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 581a86c..39b1188 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ def run(self):
         'tabulate >=0.7, <1',
         'xlwt-future >=0.8, <1',
     ],
-    setup_requires=[
-        'Sphinx >=2, <7',
-        'Pygments >=2.0, <3',
-    ],
     extras_require={
         'cam-serial, mcv4b-part-code': ['pyudev'],
         'price-graph': ['matplotlib'],