diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8bd18bc..9938aa7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "numpy>=1.19.5", "Cython>=0.29.21"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4", "wheel", "numpy>=1.19.5", "Cython>=0.29.21"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]