diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5c8b0d91..2aedfe2b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ repos:
     rev: 22.12.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
-        args: ["--target-version=py38"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/isort
     rev: 5.11.5
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..891f268e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0']
+build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+
+[tool.black]
+target-version = ['py38']