diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a3f93c8c6..598bd596f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ skip = [".venv", "tests/test_templates"]
 omit = ["openapi_python_client/templates/*"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry>=1.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "poetry>=1.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..606849326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from setuptools import setup
+
+setup()