diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..665bcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools >= 65.6",
+    "pip >= 23"
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 599a486..33f9014 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
     version='0.1.0',
     description='Tool to predict the electronic density of molecules using a SA-GPR model',
     url='https://github.com:lcmd-epfl/rho-predictor.git',
-    install_requires=[],
+    install_requires=[
+        'ase',
+        'numpy',
+        'scipy',
+        'pyscf',
+        'wigners',
+        'equistore-core @ git+https://github.com/lab-cosmo/equistore.git@e5b9dc365369ba2584ea01e9d6a4d648008aaab8#subdirectory=python/equistore-core',
+        'rascaline @ git+https://github.com/lab-cosmo/rascaline.git@87a361487b57345def5bad9cc668dc6f54b158f6',
+        'qstack @ git+https://github.com/lcmd-epfl/Q-stack.git@f3cac3699dfe7e997f6c2bac9227a6cf5c3d0975'
+    ],
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
     package_data={'': ['models/*.json']},