diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4b957b2..a9be2f6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ setup(
     ],
     packages=["raylib", "pyray"],
     include_package_data=True,
+    setup_requires=["cffi>=1.17.1"],
     install_requires=["cffi>=1.17.1"],
     distclass=BinaryDistribution,
     cffi_modules=["raylib/build.py:ffibuilder"]