diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7192c4b..9977bb5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "cmake"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]