diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fed528d4a..37259982b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "pkgconfig"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"