diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d95f14..f0407b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=60", "setuptools-scm>=8.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=60", "setuptools-scm>=8.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ classifiers = [
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
 ]
-requires-python = ">3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [
         "xopen>=2.0.0",
         "pygal>=3.0.4",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eeb4b71..dbb5197 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,12 +14,34 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with sequali.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/
 
+# ABI3 building example from
+# https://github.com/joerick/python-abi3-package-sample/blob/main/setup.py
+
 from setuptools import Extension, setup
 
+from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
+
+
+class bdist_wheel_abi3(bdist_wheel):
+    def get_tag(self):
+        python, abi, plat = super().get_tag()
+
+        if python.startswith("cp"):
+            return "cp310", "abi3", plat
+        return python, abi, plat
+
 
 setup(
     ext_modules=[
-        Extension("sequali._qc", ["src/sequali/_qcmodule.c"]),
-        Extension("sequali._seqident", ["src/sequali/_seqidentmodule.c"])
+        Extension(
+            "sequali._qc",
+            ["src/sequali/_qcmodule.c"],
+            py_limited_api=True
+        ),
+        Extension(
+            "sequali._seqident",
+            ["src/sequali/_seqidentmodule.c"],
+            py_limited_api=True),
     ],
+    cmdclass={"bdist_wheel": bdist_wheel_abi3},
 )