diff --git a/src/pdm/backend/base.py b/src/pdm/backend/base.py
index eb01933..28f7a2d 100644
--- a/src/pdm/backend/base.py
+++ b/src/pdm/backend/base.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Iterable, Mapping, TypeVar, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Iterable, Mapping, TypeVar, cast
 
 from pdm.backend.config import Config
 from pdm.backend.exceptions import PDMWarning, ValidationError
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 from pdm.backend.structures import FileMap
 from pdm.backend.utils import cd, import_module_at_path, is_python_package
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from typing import SupportsIndex
+
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 else:
@@ -102,6 +105,13 @@ def __init__(
         self.config_settings = dict(config_settings or {})
         self._hooks = list(self.get_hooks())
 
+    def __reduce_ex__(self, __protocol: SupportsIndex = 3) -> str | tuple[Any, ...]:
+        return (
+            self.__class__,
+            (self.location, self.config_settings),
+            {"config": self.config},
+        )
+
     def get_hooks(self) -> Iterable[BuildHookInterface]:
         """Load hooks in the following order:
 
@@ -137,13 +147,7 @@ def build_context(self, destination: Path, **kwargs: Any) -> Context:
         if not destination.exists():
             destination.mkdir(0o700, parents=True)
         return Context(
-            root=self.location,
-            config=self.config,
-            target=self.target,
-            build_dir=build_dir,
-            dist_dir=destination,
-            config_settings=self.config_settings,
-            kwargs=kwargs,
+            build_dir=build_dir, dist_dir=destination, kwargs=kwargs, builder=self
         )
 
     def __enter__(self: T) -> T:
diff --git a/src/pdm/backend/hooks/base.py b/src/pdm/backend/hooks/base.py
index c4d7897..40dedde 100644
--- a/src/pdm/backend/hooks/base.py
+++ b/src/pdm/backend/hooks/base.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from typing import Protocol
+
+    from pdm.backend.base import Builder
 else:
     Protocol = object
 
@@ -20,27 +22,42 @@ class Context:
     assign arbitrary attributes to this object.
 
     Attributes:
-        root: The project root directory
-        config: The parsed pyproject.toml as a Config object
-        target: The target to build, one of "sdist", "wheel", "editable"
         build_dir: The build directory for storing files generated during the build
         dist_dir: The directory to store the built artifacts
-        config_settings: The config settings passed to the hook
         kwargs: The extra args passed to the build method
+        builder: The builder associated with this build context
     """
 
-    root: Path
-    config: Config
-    target: str
     build_dir: Path
     dist_dir: Path
-    config_settings: dict[str, str]
     kwargs: dict[str, Any]
-
-    def ensure_build_dir(self) -> None:
-        """Create if the build dir doesn't exist"""
+    builder: Builder
+
+    @property
+    def config(self) -> Config:
+        """The parsed pyproject.toml as a Config object"""
+        return self.builder.config
+
+    @property
+    def root(self) -> Path:
+        """The project root directory"""
+        return self.builder.location
+
+    @property
+    def target(self) -> str:
+        """The target to build, one of 'sdist', 'wheel', 'editable'"""
+        return self.builder.target
+
+    @property
+    def config_settings(self) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """The config settings passed to the hook"""
+        return self.builder.config_settings
+
+    def ensure_build_dir(self) -> Path:
+        """Return the build dir and create if it doesn't exist"""
         if not self.build_dir.exists():
             self.build_dir.mkdir(mode=0o700, parents=True)
+        return self.build_dir
 
 
 class BuildHookInterface(Protocol):
diff --git a/src/pdm/backend/hooks/setuptools.py b/src/pdm/backend/hooks/setuptools.py
index 35ee191..164a4c2 100644
--- a/src/pdm/backend/hooks/setuptools.py
+++ b/src/pdm/backend/hooks/setuptools.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def pdm_build_update_files(self, context: Context, files: dict[str, Path]) -> No
             self._build_lib(context)
 
     def _build_lib(self, context: Context) -> None:
-        context.ensure_build_dir()
+        build_dir = context.ensure_build_dir()
         setup_py = self.ensure_setup_py(context)
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="pdm-build-") as temp_dir:
             build_args = [sys.executable, str(setup_py), "build", "-b", temp_dir]
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ def _build_lib(self, context: Context) -> None:
             # copy the files under temp_dir/lib.* to context.build_dir
             for file in lib_dir.iterdir():
                 if file.is_dir():
-                    shutil.copytree(file, context.build_dir / file.name)
+                    shutil.copytree(file, build_dir / file.name)
                 else:
-                    shutil.copy2(file, context.build_dir)
+                    shutil.copy2(file, build_dir)
 
     def _build_inplace(self, context: Context) -> None:
         setup_py = self.ensure_setup_py(context)