diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75e0100fe
--- /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 88716152a..e2520ff6f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-import os.path
-import subprocess
+# Allow execution from anywhere
+import os
 import sys
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+import subprocess
 import warnings
 
 try: