diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9787c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8cbda7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[metadata]
+name = bink
+version = 0.3.1
+author = Rafael Garcia
+description = Runtime for Ink, a scripting language for writing interactive narrative
+long_description = file: README.rst
+license = Apache 2.0
+classifiers =
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+
+[options]
+zip_safe = False
+packages = find:
+
+[options.packages.find]
+exclude =
+    tests*
+    dist*
+    build*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 61f5fd9..ba04d92 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 """Package definition."""
-import setuptools, sys
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+
+import sys
+from setuptools import setup, Distribution
 from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
-from os import path
-from io import open
 
-class BinaryDistribution (setuptools.Distribution):
+
+class BinaryDistribution (Distribution):
     def has_ext_modules(self):
         return True
 
+
 class BdistWheel(bdist_wheel):
     def get_tag(self):
-        return ('py3', 'none') + bdist_wheel.get_tag(self)[2:]
+        return ('py3', 'none') + super().get_tag()[2:]
+
 
 def get_package_data():
     plat_name_idx = None
@@ -32,35 +35,23 @@ def get_package_data():
             lib = 'bink.dll'
         else:
             raise RuntimeError('Unsupported platform: ' + plat_name)
-        
+
         arch = "x86_64/"
         if "arm64" in plat_name or "aarch64" in plat_name:
             arch = "arm64/"
 
         lib = arch + lib
-        
+
         return ['native/' + lib]
 
     # if it is not present, return ['native/*']
     return ['native/*']
 
-description = open(
-    path.join(path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__)), 'README.rst'),
-    encoding='utf-8').read()
 
 setup(
-    name='bink',
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests']),
-    version='0.3.1',
-    description='Runtime for Ink, a scripting language for writing interactive narrative',
-    long_description_content_type='text/x-rst',
-    long_description=description,
-    author='Rafael Garcia',
-    license='Apache 2.0',
     package_data={'bink': get_package_data()},
     distclass = BinaryDistribution,
     cmdclass = {
         'bdist_wheel': BdistWheel,
     },
-    zip_safe=False # native libraries are included in the package
 )