diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bb256c7be8e49984983a4632b4150f87cec92913..a56e84529491cb230f1e09f6a8a58a1d9e4ce785 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "numpy"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "numpy"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]