diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 897c7a6..d94b27a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use pep440_rs::{Version, VersionSpecifiers};
 use pep508_rs::Requirement;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use toml::Table;
 
 /// The `[build-system]` section of a pyproject.toml as specified in PEP 517
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -18,11 +20,13 @@ pub struct BuildSystem {
 /// A pyproject.toml as specified in PEP 517
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
-pub struct PyProjectToml {
+pub struct PyProjectToml<T = Table> {
     /// Build-related data
     pub build_system: Option<BuildSystem>,
     /// Project metadata
     pub project: Option<Project>,
+    /// Tool section
+    pub tool: Option<T>,
 }
 
 /// PEP 621 project metadata
@@ -161,11 +165,32 @@ pub struct Contact {
     pub email: Option<String>,
 }
 
-impl PyProjectToml {
+impl<T: DeserializeOwned> PyProjectToml<T> {
     /// Parse `pyproject.toml` content
     pub fn new(content: &str) -> Result<Self, toml::de::Error> {
         toml::de::from_str(content)
     }
+
+    pub fn try_from(value: PyProjectToml<Table>) -> Result<Self, toml::de::Error> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            build_system: value.build_system,
+            project: value.project,
+            tool: value.tool.map(Table::try_into).transpose()?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl PyProjectToml {
+    pub fn try_into<'de, T>(self) -> Result<PyProjectToml<T>, toml::de::Error>
+    where
+        T: Deserialize<'de>,
+    {
+        Ok(PyProjectToml {
+            build_system: self.build_system,
+            project: self.project,
+            tool: self.tool.map(Table::try_into).transpose()?,
+        })
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -173,6 +198,7 @@ mod tests {
     use super::{License, LicenseFiles, PyProjectToml, ReadMe};
     use pep440_rs::{Version, VersionSpecifiers};
     use pep508_rs::Requirement;
+    use serde::Deserialize;
     use std::str::FromStr;
 
     #[test]
@@ -228,7 +254,7 @@ spam-gui = "spam:main_gui"
 
 [project.entry-points."spam.magical"]
 tomatoes = "spam:main_tomatoes""#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let build_system = &project_toml.build_system.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             build_system.requires,
@@ -285,7 +311,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 name = "spam"
 license = "MIT OR BSD-3-Clause"
 "#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let project = project_toml.project.as_ref().unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
             project.license,
@@ -310,7 +336,7 @@ license-files.paths = [
     "setuptools/_vendor/LICENSE.BSD",
 ]
 "#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let project = project_toml.project.as_ref().unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -345,7 +371,7 @@ license-files.globs = [
     "setuptools/_vendor/LICENSE*",
 ]
 "#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let project = project_toml.project.as_ref().unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -372,7 +398,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 [project]
 name = "spam"
 "#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let project = project_toml.project.as_ref().unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -396,7 +422,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 name = "spam"
 readme = {text = "ReadMe!", content-type = "text/plain"}
 "#;
-        let project_toml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
         let project = project_toml.project.as_ref().unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(
@@ -408,4 +434,61 @@ readme = {text = "ReadMe!", content-type = "text/plain"}
             })
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_pyproject_toml_tool_section_as_table() {
+        let source = r#"[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[tool.maturin]
+bindings = "pyo3"
+"#;
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        let tool = project_toml.tool.as_ref().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            tool.get("maturin")
+                .unwrap()
+                .get("bindings")
+                .unwrap()
+                .as_str(),
+            Some("pyo3")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_pyproject_toml_tool_section() {
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Maturin {
+            bindings: Option<String>,
+        }
+
+        #[derive(Deserialize)]
+        struct Tools {
+            maturin: Option<Maturin>,
+        }
+
+        let source = r#"[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[tool.maturin]
+bindings = "pyo3"
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 120
+"#;
+
+        let project_toml: PyProjectToml<Tools> = PyProjectToml::new(source).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            project_toml
+                .tool
+                .unwrap()
+                .maturin
+                .unwrap()
+                .bindings
+                .as_deref(),
+            Some("pyo3")
+        );
+    }
 }