diff --git a/templates/bootstrap/pyproject.toml.j2 b/templates/bootstrap/pyproject.toml.j2
index ccc72ea9..c4ba0799 100644
--- a/templates/bootstrap/pyproject.toml.j2
+++ b/templates/bootstrap/pyproject.toml.j2
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 40.8.0",
+    "setuptools_scm >= 2.0.0, <4",
+    "wheel >= 0.29.0",
+]
+build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+
 [tool.towncrier]
 package = "{{ plugin_dash }}"
 filename = "CHANGES.rst"