diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 72398fcbc..0bfae58e3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 include setup.py
+include pyproject.toml
 include README.rst
 include LICENSE
 include *.txt
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af802b7fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "wheel",
+    "setuptools",
+    "Cython>=0.25",
+    "numpy==1.9.3; python_version<='3.5'",
+    "numpy==1.12.1; python_version=='3.6'",
+    "numpy==1.13.1; python_version>='3.7'",
+]