diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b3ad46ac..06add44b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sphinx-rtd-theme = "0.5.1"
 imagecodecs = "^2021.8.26"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.isort]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bac24a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import setuptools
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setuptools.setup()