diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b43824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
+requires = ["setuptools>=45,<58"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29b412d..689a854 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 extra_setup = {}
 if sys.version_info >= (3,):
     extra_setup['use_2to3'] = True
+    # use_2to3 removed in setuptools v58
+    extra_setup['setup_requires']=['setuptools<58'],
     # extra_setup['use_2to3_fixers'] = ['your.fixers']
 
 setup(