diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fed528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 52780bf..448a4d2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     license='Apache II',
     packages=find_packages('src'),
     package_dir = {'': 'src'},
-    data_files = [('/usr/share/collectd/', ['resources/collectd_cvmfs.db'])],
+    data_files = [('share/collectd/', ['resources/collectd_cvmfs.db'])],
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=install_requires