diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 423ec7a..ec3def2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ classifiers = [
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/hreikin/p2pool-api"
-Issues = "https://github.com/hreikin/p2pool-api/issues"
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+Issues = "https://github.com/hreikin/p2pool-api/issues"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
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