diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf7251b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "patientsearch"
+version = "1.0"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+include = ["patientsearch"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 307aa81d..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-
-setup(
-    name="patientsearch",
-    version="1.0",
-    packages=["patientsearch"],
-    include_package_data=True,
-)