diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c3f3fece..1e7efd6f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -163,4 +163,5 @@ def get_scm_config():
     use_scm_version=get_scm_config,
     setup_requires=['setuptools_scm'],
     install_requires=['setuptools>=64.0'],
+    python_requires='>=3.7',
 )