diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..791959734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Minimal build configuration at detailed here:
+# https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11457
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 64",
+    "Cython==3.0.*",
+    "numpy==1.25.*"
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c894bd889..07a2a7ad1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def run(self):
             },
             ext_modules=get_extensions(),
             python_requires=PYTHON_VERSION,
-            setup_requires=['cython', 'numpy'],
+            setup_requires=[],  # replaced by PEP518 (pyproject.toml)
             install_requires=external_dependencies,
             entry_points={
                 'console_scripts': ["{}=scripts.{}:main".format(