diff --git a/test/test_windows.py b/test/test_windows.py
index 610cdc6d..0d1231b7 100644
--- a/test/test_windows.py
+++ b/test/test_windows.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import textwrap
+
 import pytest
 
 from . import test_projects, utils
@@ -5,10 +7,20 @@ from . import test_projects, utils
 basic_project = test_projects.new_c_project()
 
 
-def test_wheel_tag_is_correct_when_using_windows_cross_compile(tmp_path):
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("use_pyproject_toml", [True, False])
+def test_wheel_tag_is_correct_when_using_windows_cross_compile(tmp_path, use_pyproject_toml):
     if utils.platform != "windows":
         pytest.skip("This test is only relevant to Windows")
 
+    if use_pyproject_toml:
+        basic_project.files["pyproject.toml"] = textwrap.dedent(
+            """
+            [build-system]
+            requires = ["setuptools"]
+            build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+            """
+        )
+
     project_dir = tmp_path / "project"
     basic_project.generate(project_dir)