diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ae456b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15...3.26)
+
+project(sdtw)
+
+find_package(PythonExtensions REQUIRED)
+find_package(Cython REQUIRED)
+
+# Add NumPy include directory
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" -c "import numpy as np; print(np.get_include())"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+)
+include_directories(${NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+add_subdirectory(sdtw)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index b5a6a0e..e4f4802 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ or, if `git` is unavailable, `download as a ZIP from GitHub <https://github.com/
 3. Build and install soft-dtw::
 
     cd soft-dtw
-    make cython
-    python setup.py build
-    sudo python setup.py install
+    pip install .
 
 
 References
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227ed0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "cmake>=3.18",
+    "ninja",
+    "cython",
+    "numpy",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/sdtw/CMakeLists.txt b/sdtw/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c60e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdtw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+add_cython_target(soft_dtw_fast soft_dtw_fast.pyx)
+add_library(soft_dtw_fast MODULE ${soft_dtw_fast})
+python_extension_module(soft_dtw_fast)
+
+install(TARGETS soft_dtw_fast LIBRARY DESTINATION sdtw)
diff --git a/sdtw/setup.py b/sdtw/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index c718096..0000000
--- a/sdtw/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import os.path
-
-import numpy
-
-
-def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
-    from numpy.distutils.misc_util import Configuration
-
-    config = Configuration('sdtw', parent_package, top_path)
-
-    config.add_extension('soft_dtw_fast', sources=['soft_dtw_fast.c'],
-                         include_dirs=[numpy.get_include()])
-
-    config.add_subpackage('tests')
-
-    return config
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    from numpy.distutils.core import setup
-    setup(**configuration(top_path='').todict())
diff --git a/sdtw/soft_dtw_fast.pyx b/sdtw/soft_dtw_fast.pyx
index 854f2c4..27ced87 100644
--- a/sdtw/soft_dtw_fast.pyx
+++ b/sdtw/soft_dtw_fast.pyx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # cython: cdivision=True
 # cython: boundscheck=False
 # cython: wraparound=False
-
+# cython: language_level=3str
 import numpy as np
 cimport numpy as np
 np.import_array()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a01142..991c57f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,65 +1,20 @@
-from __future__ import print_function
-import os.path
-import sys
-import setuptools
-from numpy.distutils.core import setup
-
-
-try:
-    import numpy
-except ImportError:
-    print('numpy is required during installation')
-    sys.exit(1)
-
-
-DISTNAME = 'soft-dtw'
+from skbuild import setup
+DISTNAME = 'softdtw'
 DESCRIPTION = "Python implementation of soft-DTW"
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = open('README.rst').read()
-MAINTAINER = 'Mathieu Blondel'
-MAINTAINER_EMAIL = ''
-URL = 'https://github.com/mblondel/soft-dtw/'
+MAINTAINER = 'Mathieu Blondel,Cesar Rodas'
+MAINTAINER_EMAIL = 'cesar_rodas@outlook.com'
 LICENSE = 'Simplified BSD'
-DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://github.com/mblondel/soft-dtw/'
+PACKAGES=['sdtw']
 VERSION = '0.1.dev0'
-
-
-def configuration(parent_package='', top_path=None):
-    from numpy.distutils.misc_util import Configuration
-
-    config = Configuration(None, parent_package, top_path)
-
-    config.add_subpackage('sdtw')
-
-    return config
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    old_path = os.getcwd()
-    local_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
-
-    os.chdir(local_path)
-    sys.path.insert(0, local_path)
-
-    setup(configuration=configuration,
-          name=DISTNAME,
-          maintainer=MAINTAINER,
-          include_package_data=True,
-          maintainer_email=MAINTAINER_EMAIL,
-          description=DESCRIPTION,
-          license=LICENSE,
-          url=URL,
-          version=VERSION,
-          download_url=DOWNLOAD_URL,
-          long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
-          zip_safe=False,  # the package can run out of an .egg file
-          classifiers=[
-              'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-              'Intended Audience :: Developers', 'License :: OSI Approved',
-              'Programming Language :: C', 'Programming Language :: Python',
-              'Topic :: Software Development',
-              'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
-              'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
-              'Operating System :: POSIX', 'Operating System :: Unix',
-              'Operating System :: MacOS'
-             ]
-          )
+CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR='sdtw'
+setup(
+        name=DISTNAME,
+        version=VERSION,
+        description=DESCRIPTION,
+        author=MAINTAINER,
+        license=LICENSE,
+        packages=PACKAGES,
+        python_requires=">=3.7",
+        cmake_install_dir=CMAKE_INSTALL_DIR,
+        cmake_args=["-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"],  # Adjust as needed
+    )