diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/python_pep517.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/python_pep517.bbclass
index 34ffdc9..7cdb9c8 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/python_pep517.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/python_pep517.bbclass
@@ -4,17 +4,16 @@
 # This class will build a wheel in do_compile, and use pypa/installer to install
 # it in do_install.
 
-DEPENDS:append = " python3-installer-native"
+DEPENDS:append = " python3-picobuild-native python3-installer-native"
 
 # Where to execute the build process from
 PEP517_SOURCE_PATH ?= "${S}"
 
-# The PEP517 build API entry point
-PEP517_BUILD_API ?= "unset"
-
 # The directory where wheels will be written
 PEP517_WHEEL_PATH ?= "${WORKDIR}/dist"
 
+PEP517_PICOBUILD_OPTS ?= ""
+
 # The interpreter to use for installed scripts
 PEP517_INSTALL_PYTHON = "python3"
 PEP517_INSTALL_PYTHON:class-native = "nativepython3"
@@ -31,8 +30,7 @@
 # When we have Python 3.11 we can parse pyproject.toml to determine the build
 # API entry point directly
 python_pep517_do_compile () {
-    cd ${PEP517_SOURCE_PATH}
-    nativepython3 -c "import ${PEP517_BUILD_API} as api; api.build_wheel('${PEP517_WHEEL_PATH}')"
+    nativepython3 -m picobuild --source ${PEP517_SOURCE_PATH} --dest ${PEP517_WHEEL_PATH} --wheel ${PEP517_PICOBUILD_OPTS}
 }
 do_compile[cleandirs] += "${PEP517_WHEEL_PATH}"