diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f481f6a..068103c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ The `[optional_options]` can be one or multiple of:
 - `HWS_SAMPLING_INTERVAL=100ms` (default: `100ms`): set the sampling interval in milliseconds
 - `HWS_ENABLE_PYTHON_BINDINGS=ON|OFF` (default: `ON`): enable Python bindings
 
-### Installing
+### Installing via CMake
 
 The library supports the `install` target:
 
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ export PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64:${PY
 **Note:** when using Intel GPUs, the `CMAKE_MODULE_PATH` should be updated to point to our `cmake` directory containing the
 `Findlevel_zero.cmake` file and `export ZES_ENABLE_SYSMAN=1` should be set.
 
+### Installing via pip
+
+The library is also available via pip:
+
+```bash
+pip install hardware-sampling
+```
+
+This pip install behaves **as if** no additional CMake options were provided.
+This means that only the hardware is supported for which the respective vendor libraries was available at the point of the `pip install hardware-sampling` invocation.
+
 ## Available samples
 
 The sampling type `fixed` denotes samples that are gathered once per hardware samples like maximum clock frequencies or
@@ -307,7 +318,7 @@ plt.show()
 ```
 
 <p align="center">
-  <img alt="example frequency plot" src=".figures/clock_frequency.png" width="75%">
+  <img alt="example frequency plot" src="https://github.com/SC-SGS/hardware_sampling/raw/main/.figures/clock_frequency.png" width="75%">
 </p>
 
 ## License
diff --git a/bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cf0e46..93d8e98 100644
--- a/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,4 +68,9 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 # install Python bindings
 install(TARGETS ${HWS_PYTHON_BINDINGS_LIBRARY_NAME}
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"  # all shared lib files
+)
+
+# install the __init__.py file so Python recognizes the package when installed via pip
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/__init__.py"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}"
 )
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diff --git a/bindings/__init__.py b/bindings/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4badd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# import all bindings from the compiled hws module
+from .HardwareSampling import *
+# explicitly set the module level attributes
+__doc__ = HardwareSampling.__doc__
+__version__ = HardwareSampling.__version__
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diff --git a/bindings/main.cpp b/bindings/main.cpp
index f3dca3f..3f062e7 100644
--- a/bindings/main.cpp
+++ b/bindings/main.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  *          See the LICENSE.md file in the project root for full license information.
  */
 
+#include "hws/version.hpp" // hws::version::version
+
 #include "pybind11/pybind11.h"  // PYBIND11_MODULE, py::module_
 
 #include <string_view>  // std::string_view
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ void init_version(py::module_ &);
 
 PYBIND11_MODULE(HardwareSampling, m) {
     m.doc() = "Hardware Sampling for CPUs and GPUs";
+    m.attr("__version__") = hws::version::version;
 
     init_event(m);
     init_sample_category(m);
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..489641a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core"]
+build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
+# set the necessary CMake build options
+[tool.scikit-build]
+cmake.args = [
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=HardwareSampling",
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=HardwareSampling",
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR=HardwareSampling",
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR=HardwareSampling",
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR=HardwareSampling/cmake",
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=$ORIGIN"
+]
+sdist.exclude = ["build*/", "dist/", "docs/html/", ".github", "examples", "install", ".clang*", ".clion*", ".gitignore"]
+# project specific metadata
+[project]
+name = "hardware_sampling"
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "hws - Hardware Sampling for GPUs and CPUs (e.g., clock frequencies, memory consumption, temperatures, or energy draw)"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+authors = [
+    { name = "Marcel Breyer" }
+]
+maintainers = [
+    { name = "University of Stuttgart IPVS - SC", email = "sc@ipvs.uni-stuttgart.de" }
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
+    "Environment :: GPU",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Natural Language :: English",
+    "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
+    "Programming Language :: C++",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3"
+]
+# project specific URLs
+[project.urls]
+documentation = "https://sc-sgs.github.io/hardware_sampling/"
+repository = "https://github.com/SC-SGS/hardware_sampling.git"
+issues = "https://github.com/SC-SGS/hardware_sampling/issues"
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