diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79aefc797..e6b857b7f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 clean_dist:
 	rm -rf dist/*
 
+# This step assumes there is already a virtualenv active.
 create_dist: clean_dist
-	python setup.py sdist
+	python -m pip install build
+	python -m build --sdist .
 
 upload_package: create_dist
 	twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc450d8eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "packaging", "psutil", "ninja", "torch", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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