diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14290a3766..b3e3563a3b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ requires = [
     "bleach",
     "packaging",
 ]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"