diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d07b694..d09b209 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+_skbuild/
+
 .envrc
 
 models/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7a9fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4...3.22)
+
+project(llama_cpp)
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC")
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIC")
+set(LLAMA_STATIC "Off")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "On")
+
+add_subdirectory(vendor/llama.cpp)
+
+install(TARGETS llama LIBRARY DESTINATION llama_cpp)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
index e64eb77..e53c704 100644
--- a/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
+++ b/llama_cpp/llama_cpp.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from ctypes import c_int, c_float, c_double, c_char_p, c_void_p, c_bool, POINTER
 import pathlib
 
 # Load the library
-libfile = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / "libllama.so"
+libfile = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "libllama.so"
 lib = ctypes.CDLL(str(libfile))
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94dc13f..2fece07 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,5 +20,10 @@ python = "^3.8.1"
 black = "^23.1.0"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core"]
-build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "scikit-build>=0.13",
+    "cmake>=3.18",
+    "ninja",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fa6a013..b52a10f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,42 +1,11 @@
-import os
-import subprocess
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
-
-from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
-
-
-class build_ext_custom(build_ext):
-    def run(self):
-        build_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "build")
-        src_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "vendor", "llama.cpp")
-
-        os.makedirs(build_dir, exist_ok=True)
-
-        cmake_flags = [
-            "-DLLAMA_STATIC=Off",
-            "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=On",
-            "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC",
-            "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC",
-        ]
-        subprocess.check_call(["cmake", src_dir, *cmake_flags], cwd=build_dir)
-        subprocess.check_call(["cmake", "--build", "."], cwd=build_dir)
-
-        # Move the shared library to the root directory
-        lib_path = os.path.join(build_dir, "libllama.so")
-        target_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "libllama.so")
-        os.rename(lib_path, target_path)
-
+from skbuild import setup
 
 setup(
     name="llama_cpp",
     description="A Python wrapper for llama.cpp",
-    version="0.0.1",
+    version="0.1.1",
     author="Andrei Betlen",
     author_email="abetlen@gmail.com",
     license="MIT",
-    py_modules=["llama_cpp"],
-    ext_modules=[
-        Extension("libllama", ["vendor/llama.cpp"]),
-    ],
-    cmdclass={"build_ext": build_ext_custom},
+    packages=['llama_cpp'],
 )