diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d1bea2..7e0e04a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,14 @@ dependencies = [
     "PySide6"
 ]
 
+[tool.cxfreeze]
+executables = [
+    {script = "borgbackup_gui/BorgBackupGui.py", base = "gui"}
+]
+
+[tool.cxfreeze.build_exe]
+excludes = ["tkinter", "unittest"]
+zip_include_packages = ["encodings", "PySide6", "shiboken6"]
+
 [project.scripts]
 borgbackup-gui = "borgbackup_gui:run_borgbackup_gui"