diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ce09cfb..924ddea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-*.pyc
+/jsonpointer/version.py
+*.py[co]
 build
 .coverage
 MANIFEST
diff --git a/jsonpointer.py b/jsonpointer/__init__.py
similarity index 98%
rename from jsonpointer.py
rename to jsonpointer/__init__.py
index 53191ef..7a31f4d 100644
--- a/jsonpointer.py
+++ b/jsonpointer/__init__.py
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 # Will be parsed by setup.py to determine package metadata
-__author__ = 'Stefan Kögl <stefan@skoegl.net>'
-__version__ = '2.1'
+__author__ = 'Stefan Kögl'
+__email__ = 'stefan@skoegl.net'
+__author__ += ' <' + __email__ + '>'
+from .version import __version__
 __website__ = 'https://github.com/stefankoegl/python-json-pointer'
 __license__ = 'Modified BSD License'
 
diff --git a/bin/jsonpointer b/jsonpointer/__main__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bin/jsonpointer
rename to jsonpointer/__main__.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9062e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=44", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3", "read_version[toml] >= 0.3.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "jsonpointer/version.py"
+write_to_template = "__version__ = '{version}'\n"
+
+[tool.read_version]
+#version = "jsonpointer.__init__:__version__"
+author = "jsonpointer.__init__:__author__"
+author_email = "jsonpointer.__init__:__email__"
+url = "jsonpointer.__init__:__website__"
+license = "jsonpointer.__init__:__license__"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2a9acf1..ec45cf7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,35 @@
+[metadata]
+name = jsonpointer
+description = Identify specific nodes in a JSON document (RFC 6901)
+long_description = file: README.md
+long_description_content_type = text/markdown
+classifiers =
+    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
+    Environment :: Console
+    Intended Audience :: Developers
+    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
+    Operating System :: OS Independent
+    Programming Language :: Python
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
+    Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
+    Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries
+    Topic :: Utilities
+
+[options]
+packages = jsonpointer
+python_requires = >=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*
+
 [bdist_wheel]
 universal = 1
+
+[options.entry_points]
+console_scripts =
+    jsonpointer = jsonpointer.__main__:main
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index da27f3f..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from setuptools import setup
-import re
-import io
-import os.path
-
-dirname = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-filename = os.path.join(dirname, 'jsonpointer.py')
-src = io.open(filename, encoding='utf-8').read()
-metadata = dict(re.findall("__([a-z]+)__ = '([^']+)'", src))
-docstrings = re.findall('"""(.*)"""', src)
-
-PACKAGE = 'jsonpointer'
-
-MODULES = (
-        'jsonpointer',
-)
-
-AUTHOR_EMAIL = metadata['author']
-VERSION = metadata['version']
-WEBSITE = metadata['website']
-LICENSE = metadata['license']
-DESCRIPTION = docstrings[0]
-
-# Extract name and e-mail ("Firstname Lastname <mail@example.org>")
-AUTHOR, EMAIL = re.match(r'(.*) <(.*)>', AUTHOR_EMAIL).groups()
-
-
-with open('README.md') as readme:
-	long_description = readme.read()
-
-
-CLASSIFIERS = [
-    'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
-    'Environment :: Console',
-    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
-    'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
-    'Operating System :: OS Independent',
-    'Programming Language :: Python',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython',
-    'Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy',
-    'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
-    'Topic :: Utilities',
-]
-
-setup(name=PACKAGE,
-      version=VERSION,
-      description=DESCRIPTION,
-      long_description=long_description,
-      long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-      author=AUTHOR,
-      author_email=EMAIL,
-      license=LICENSE,
-      url=WEBSITE,
-      py_modules=MODULES,
-      scripts=['bin/jsonpointer'],
-      classifiers=CLASSIFIERS,
-      python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*',
-)