From 74dd2b0a14a59b71260ecf0d43879b9073a70d6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Augspurger <tom.w.augspurger@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:42:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] PKG: Added pyproject.toml for PEP 518

Declaring build-time requirements: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/
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 doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.3.txt | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                  | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 pyproject.toml

diff --git a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.3.txt b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.3.txt
index 249e05623a27f4..f2ef583f55a435 100644
--- a/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.3.txt
+++ b/doc/source/whatsnew/v0.20.3.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ We recommend that all users upgrade to this version.
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-
+- Added support for `PEP 518 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0518/>`_ to the build system (:issue:`16745`)
 
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8c4b56cada162b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [ "numpy>=1.7.0", "cython>=0.23", "setuptools", "wheel"]
\ No newline at end of file