diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 05d99b6aa..65c819c58 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "setup.py modified"
             echo -e "[pypi]\nusername = __token__\npassword = $PYPI_API_TOKEN" > ~/.pypirc
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+            pip install build
             pip install wheel
             pip install --upgrade twine setuptools
             rm -rf build dist