diff --git a/flit.ini b/flit.ini
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index cafc2a3e..00000000
--- a/flit.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-module = ipfsapi
-
-author       = py-ipfs-api team
-author-email = 
-home-page    = https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-api
-keywords     = ipfs storage distribution development
-license      = MIT License
-
-description-file = README.md
-
-# Unfortunately these currently need to be duplicated from `requirements.txt`
-requires = requests (>=2.2.1)
-	six
-
-classifiers = Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
-	#
-	# Indicate who your project is intended for
-	Intended Audience :: Developers
-	Intended Audience :: Information Technology
-	Intended Audience :: Science/Research
-	#
-	Topic :: Internet
-	Topic :: Scientific/Engineering
-	Topic :: System :: Filesystems
-	Topic :: System :: Networking
-	#
-	# Pick your license as you wish (should match "license" above)
-	License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
-	#
-	# Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
-	# that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 2
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
-	Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 00000000..bcc216bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit"]
+build-backend = "flit.buildapi"
+
+[tool.flit.metadata]
+module = "ipfsapi"
+
+author       = "py-ipfs-api team"
+author-email = ""
+home-page    = "https://github.com/ipfs/py-ipfs-api"
+keywords     = "ipfs storage distribution development"
+license      = "MIT License"
+description-file = "README.md"
+
+# Unfortunately these currently need to be duplicated from `requirements.txt`
+requires-python = ">=2.7,!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*"
+requires = [
+	"requests (>=2.2.1)",
+	"six"
+]
+
+classifiers = [
+	"Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+	
+	# Indicate who your project is intended for
+	"Intended Audience :: Developers",
+	"Intended Audience :: Information Technology",
+	"Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+	
+	"Topic :: Internet",
+	"Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
+	"Topic :: System :: Filesystems",
+	"Topic :: System :: Networking",
+	
+	# Pick your license as you wish (should match "license" above)
+	"License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+	
+	# Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
+	# that you indicate whether you support Python 2, Python 3 or both.
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 2",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5",
+	"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6"
+]
+
+[tool.flit.metadata.urls]
+Documentation = "https://ipfs.io/ipns/QmZ86ow1byeyhNRJEatWxGPJKcnQKG7s51MtbHdxxUddTH/Software/Python/ipfsapi/"
+