diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 36c76165..d881c066 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ classifiers = [
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
     "Typing :: Typed"
 ]
+dependencies = [
+  "importlib_metadata>=1.4; python_version<'3.8'",
+]
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
 
 [project.urls]