diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95cb3eea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref-names: $Format:%D$
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00a7b00c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.git_archival.txt  export-subst
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8ba82c4e9..a1bfcead9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ classifiers =
 setup_requires =
     setuptools>=48
     setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.3.1
+    setuptools_scm_git_archive==1.1
+
 python_requires = >=3.7
 zip_safe = False
 packages = find: