diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1521c8b..6b47007 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-dist
+/build
+/dist
+/*.egg-info
+/stack_data/version.py
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+__pycache__
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 482e509..9c41082 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@ env:
     - STACK_DATA_SLOW_TESTS=1
     - COVERALLS_PARALLEL=true
 
+before_install:
+  - pip install --upgrade coveralls setuptools>=44 setuptools_scm>=3.4.3 pep517
+
 install:
-  - pip install coveralls
-  - pip install .[tests]
+  - python3 -m pep517.build -b .
+  - ls -l
+  - export WHLNAME=./dist/stack_data-0.CI-py3-none-any.whl
+  - mv ./dist/*.whl $WHLNAME
+  - pip install --upgrade "$WHLNAME[tests]"
 
 script:
-  - coverage run --include='stack_data/*' -m pytest
+  - coverage run --branch --include='stack_data/*' -m pytest --junitxml=./rspec.xml
   - coverage report -m
 
 after_success:
diff --git a/make_release.sh b/make_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..66a64cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eux;
+
+if [ -z "${1+x}" ]; then
+    set +x
+    echo Provide a version argument
+    echo "${0} <major>.<minor>.<patch>";
+    exit 1;
+else
+    if [[ ${1} =~ ^v?([0-9]+)(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+        :;
+    else
+        echo "Not a valid release tag.";
+        exit 1;
+    fi;
+fi;
+
+export TAG="v${1}";
+git tag "${TAG}";
+git push origin master "${TAG}";
+rm -rf ./build ./dist;
+python3 -m pep517.build -b .;
+twine upload ./dist/*.whl;
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8288d78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=44", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "stack_data/version.py"
+write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ede00ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[metadata]
+name = stack_data
+author = Alex Hall
+author_email = alex.mojaki@gmail.com
+license = MIT
+description = Extract data from python stack frames and tracebacks for informative displays
+url = http://github.com/alexmojaki/stack_data
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+classifiers =
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Debuggers
+
+[options]
+packages = stack_data
+install_requires = executing; asttokens; pure_eval
+setup_requires = setuptools>=44; wheel; setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3
+include_package_data = True
+tests_require = pytest; typeguard; pygments
+
+[options.extras_require]
+tests = pytest; typeguard; pygments; pep517; littleutils
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4310ddd..7f1a176 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,63 +1,4 @@
-import os
-import re
-from io import open
-
 from setuptools import setup
 
-package = 'stack_data'
-dirname = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-
-
-def file_to_string(*path):
-    with open(os.path.join(dirname, *path), encoding='utf8') as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
-# __version__ is defined inside the package, but we can't import
-# it because it imports dependencies which may not be installed yet,
-# so we extract it manually
-contents = file_to_string(package, '__init__.py')
-__version__ = re.search(r"__version__ = '([.\d]+)'", contents).group(1)
-
-install_requires = [
-    'executing',
-    'asttokens',
-    'pure_eval',
-]
-
-
-tests_require = [
-    'pytest',
-    'typeguard',
-    'pygments',
-    'littleutils',
-]
-
-setup(
-    name=package,
-    version=__version__,
-    description="Extract data from python stack frames and tracebacks for informative displays",
-    # long_description=file_to_string('README.md'),
-    # long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
-    url='http://github.com/alexmojaki/' + package,
-    author='Alex Hall',
-    author_email='alex.mojaki@gmail.com',
-    license='MIT',
-    include_package_data=True,
-    packages=[package],
-    install_requires=install_requires,
-    tests_require=tests_require,
-    extras_require={
-        'tests': tests_require,
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-        'Topic :: Software Development :: Debuggers',
-    ],
-)
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup()
diff --git a/stack_data/__init__.py b/stack_data/__init__.py
index 4aa21f2..e9bc429 100644
--- a/stack_data/__init__.py
+++ b/stack_data/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-__version__ = '0.0.6'
-
-from .core import Source, FrameInfo, markers_from_ranges, Options, LINE_GAP, Line, Variable, RangeInLine, RepeatedFrames, MarkerInLine, style_with_executing_node
+from .core import Source, FrameInfo, markers_from_ranges, Options, LINE_GAP, Line, Variable, RangeInLine, \
+    RepeatedFrames, MarkerInLine, style_with_executing_node
 from .formatting import Formatter
+
+try:
+    from .version import __version__
+except ImportError:
+    # version.py is auto-generated with the git tag when building
+    __version__ = "???"