diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ddafd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=44", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1ea3e3b..b952a6a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+[metadata]
+name = dahuffman
+author = Stefaan Lippens
+author_email = soxofaan@gmail.com
+license = MIT
+description = Pure Python Huffman encoder and decoder module
+keywords = huffman, compression, encoding, decoding
+url = https://github.com/soxofaan/dahuffman
+long_description = file: README.rst
+long_description_content_type = text/x-rst
+classifiers =
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Compression
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+
+[options]
+packages = dahuffman, dahuffman.codecs
+include_package_data = True
+
+
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal=1
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a81ebdb..5f0d3ae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,32 +1,6 @@
-from codecs import open
-from os import path
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
-here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
-
-with open(path.join(here, 'README.rst'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
-
-setup(
-    name='dahuffman',
-    version='0.4.2-alpha',
-    description='Pure Python Huffman encoder and decoder module',
-    long_description=long_description,
-    url='https://github.com/soxofaan/dahuffman',
-    author='Stefaan Lippens',
-    author_email='soxofaan@gmail.com',
-    license='MIT',
-    packages=['dahuffman', 'dahuffman.codecs'],
-    include_package_data=True,
 
-    # See https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers
-    classifiers=[
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Topic :: System :: Archiving :: Compression',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    ],
-    keywords='huffman compression encoding decoding',
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup()
 
-)