diff --git a/src/scicookie/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/build-system/pixi/pyproject.toml b/src/scicookie/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/build-system/pixi/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e4f03ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scicookie/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/build-system/pixi/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+{% include "build-system/base/pyproject.toml" %}
+{% include "build-system/base/dev-deps-pyproject.toml" %}
+{% include "build-system/base/urls-pyproject.toml" %}
+{% include "build-system/base/dev-deps-config-pyproject.toml" %}