diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e19c0a58536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[flake8]
+extend-ignore = E203
+max-line-length = 88
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 2bbddefa3ca..9401ebbbf37 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ include *.rst
 include *.sh
 include *.txt
 include *.yaml
+include .flake8
 include LICENSE
 include Makefile
 include tox.ini
diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst
index 1628801825a..9f38a622cca 100644
--- a/docs/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/installation.rst
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ for your machine (e.g. :file:`/usr` or :file:`/usr/local`), no
 additional configuration should be required. If they are installed in
 a non-standard location, you may need to configure setuptools to use
 those locations by editing :file:`setup.py` or
-:file:`setup.cfg`, or by adding environment variables on the command
+:file:`pyproject.toml`, or by adding environment variables on the command
 line::
 
     CFLAGS="-I/usr/pkg/include" python3 -m pip install --upgrade Pillow --no-binary :all:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b84db07bdca..652fdb53d03 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,73 @@ backend-path = [
   "_custom_build",
 ]
 
+[project]
+name = "pillow"
+description = "Python Imaging Library (Fork)"
+readme = "README.md"
+keywords = [
+  "Imaging",
+]
+license = {text = "HPND"}
+authors = [{name = "Alex Clark (PIL Fork Author)", email = "aclark@python-pillow.org"}]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+classifiers = [
+  "Development Status :: 6 - Mature",
+  "License :: OSI Approved :: Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND)",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Digital Camera",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Screen Capture",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion",
+  "Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers",
+]
+dynamic = [
+  "version",
+]
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+docs = [
+  "furo",
+  "olefile",
+  "sphinx>=2.4",
+  "sphinx-copybutton",
+  "sphinx-issues>=3.0.1",
+  "sphinx-removed-in",
+  "sphinxext-opengraph",
+]
+tests = [
+  "check-manifest",
+  "coverage",
+  "defusedxml",
+  "markdown2",
+  "olefile",
+  "packaging",
+  "pyroma",
+  "pytest",
+  "pytest-cov",
+  "pytest-timeout",
+]
+[project.urls]
+Changelog = "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst"
+Documentation = "https://pillow.readthedocs.io"
+Funding = "https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-pillow?utm_source=pypi-pillow&utm_medium=pypi"
+Homepage = "https://python-pillow.org"
+"Release notes" = "https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html"
+Source = "https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow"
+Twitter = "https://twitter.com/PythonPillow"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = ["PIL"]
+include-package-data = true
+package-dir = {"" = "src"}
+
 [tool.isort]
 profile = "black"
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 627788cd8b6..00000000000
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-[metadata]
-name = Pillow
-description = Python Imaging Library (Fork)
-long_description = file: README.md
-long_description_content_type = text/markdown
-url = https://python-pillow.org
-author = Jeffrey A. Clark (Alex)
-author_email = aclark@aclark.net
-license = HPND
-classifiers =
-    Development Status :: 6 - Mature
-    License :: OSI Approved :: Historical Permission Notice and Disclaimer (HPND)
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
-    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Digital Camera
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Capture :: Screen Capture
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Graphics Conversion
-    Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Viewers
-keywords = Imaging
-project_urls =
-    Documentation=https://pillow.readthedocs.io
-    Source=https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
-    Funding=https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/pypi-pillow?utm_source=pypi-pillow&utm_medium=pypi
-    Release notes=https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/index.html
-    Changelog=https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/main/CHANGES.rst
-    Twitter=https://twitter.com/PythonPillow
-    Mastodon=https://fosstodon.org/@pillow
-
-[options]
-packages = PIL
-python_requires = >=3.8
-include_package_data = True
-package_dir =
-    = src
-
-[options.extras_require]
-docs =
-    furo
-    olefile
-    sphinx>=2.4
-    sphinx-copybutton
-    sphinx-inline-tabs
-    sphinx-removed-in
-    sphinxext-opengraph
-tests =
-    check-manifest
-    coverage
-    defusedxml
-    markdown2
-    olefile
-    packaging
-    pyroma
-    pytest
-    pytest-cov
-    pytest-timeout
-
-[flake8]
-extend-ignore = E203
-max-line-length = 88