diff --git a/build/checks/default.nix b/build/checks/default.nix
index 07cf773..fa7da8c 100644
--- a/build/checks/default.nix
+++ b/build/checks/default.nix
@@ -280,4 +280,21 @@ listToAttrs (
       pyprojectHook = pythonSet.pyprojectDistHook;
     };
 
+  install-dist-sdist =
+    let
+      python = pkgs.python3;
+
+      pythonSet =
+        (pkgs.callPackage pyproject-nix.build.packages {
+          inherit python;
+        }).overrideScope
+          buildSystems;
+    in
+    (pythonSet.build.override {
+      pyprojectHook = pythonSet.pyprojectDistHook;
+    }).overrideAttrs
+      (_old: {
+        env.uvBuildType = "sdist";
+      });
+
 }
diff --git a/build/hooks/default.nix b/build/hooks/default.nix
index fe69c9a..6967dc4 100644
--- a/build/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/build/hooks/default.nix
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ in
           substitutions = {
             inherit pythonInterpreter;
             script = substituteAll {
-              src = ./dist-hook/install-wheels.py;
+              src = ./dist-hook/install-dist.py;
               ugrep = lib.getExe ugrep;
               store_dir = builtins.storeDir;
             };
diff --git a/build/hooks/dist-hook/install-wheels.py b/build/hooks/dist-hook/install-dist.py
similarity index 71%
rename from build/hooks/dist-hook/install-wheels.py
rename to build/hooks/dist-hook/install-dist.py
index 78751d0..1c229a0 100644
--- a/build/hooks/dist-hook/install-wheels.py
+++ b/build/hooks/dist-hook/install-dist.py
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ def main():
     except KeyError:
         check_dist = True
 
-    wheels: list[Path] = [dist_file for dist_file in dist.iterdir() if dist_file.name.endswith(".whl")]
+    dists: list[Path] = list(dist.iterdir())
 
     # Verify that wheel is not containing store path
     if check_dist:
-        for wheel in wheels:
+        for dist in dists:
             p = subprocess.run(
                 [
                     "@ugrep@",
@@ -30,19 +30,19 @@ def main():
                     # zip
                     "-z",
                     "@store_dir@",
-                    wheel,
+                    dist,
                 ]
             )
             if p.returncode == 0:
                 raise ValueError(f"""
-                Built whheel '{wheel.name}' contains a Nix store path reference.
+                Built distribution '{dist.name}' contains a Nix store path reference.
 
-                Wheel not usable for distribution.
+                Distribution not usable.
                 """)
 
-    # Copy wheels to output
+    # Copy dists to output
     out.mkdir()
-    for wheel in wheels:
+    for wheel in dists:
         shutil.copy(wheel, out.joinpath(wheel.name))
 
 
diff --git a/build/hooks/pyproject-build-hook.sh b/build/hooks/pyproject-build-hook.sh
index f14e6f7..9bbacac 100644
--- a/build/hooks/pyproject-build-hook.sh
+++ b/build/hooks/pyproject-build-hook.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@ pyprojectBuildPhase() {
   echo "Executing pyprojectBuildPhase"
   runHook preBuild
 
-  echo "Creating a wheel..."
-  env PYTHONPATH="${NIX_PYPROJECT_PYTHONPATH}:${PYTHONPATH}" @uv@/bin/uv build -v --no-cache --python=@pythonInterpreter@ --offline --no-build-isolation --out-dir dist/ --wheel $uvBuildFlags
+  local buildType="${uvBuildType-wheel}"
+
+  echo "Creating a distribution..."
+  if [ "${buildType}" != "wheel" ] && [ "${buildType}" != "sdist" ]; then
+      echo "Build type '${buildType}' is unknown" >> /dev/stderr
+      false
+  fi
+  env PYTHONPATH="${NIX_PYPROJECT_PYTHONPATH}:${PYTHONPATH}" @uv@/bin/uv build -v --no-cache --python=@pythonInterpreter@ --offline --no-build-isolation --out-dir dist/ "--${buildType}" $uvBuildFlags
 
   runHook postBuild
   echo "Finished executing pyprojectBuildPhase"