diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 4d804a23e..5470ab09c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 recursive-include include *.h
 include LICENSE
 include README.rst
+include pyproject.toml
 include bin/spacy
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..294adefe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools",
+            "wheel>0.32.0.<0.33.0",
+            "Cython",
+            "cymem>=2.0.2,<2.1.0",
+            "preshed>=2.0.1,<2.1.0",
+            "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
+            "thinc>=6.12.1,<6.13.0",
+            ]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f2c45ad6c..4802d8da7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 'cuda100': ['cupy-cuda100>=4.0', 'thinc_gpu_ops>=0.0.3,<0.1.0'],
                 'ja': ['mecab-python3==0.7']
             },
+            python_requires='>=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*',
             classifiers=[
                 'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
                 'Environment :: Console',
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ def setup_package():
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
+                'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
                 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'],
             cmdclass = {
                 'build_ext': build_ext_subclass},