diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7aadd1f..f5776fd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ test = ["qbraid>=0.7.1,<0.9.0", "pytest", "pytest-cov", "autoqasm>=0.1.0"]
 lint = ["black[jupyter]", "isort", "pylint", "qbraid-cli>=0.8.7"]
 docs = ["sphinx>=7.3.7,<=8.3.0", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints>=1.24,<2.6", "sphinx-rtd-theme>=2.0,<3.1", "docutils<0.22", "sphinx-copybutton"]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+packages = {find = {where = ["qbraid_qir"], exclude = ["docker"]}}
+
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
 version = {attr = "qbraid_qir.__version__"}