diff --git a/scripts/mypyc_tox b/scripts/mypyc_tox
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..43cc374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mypyc_tox
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""A tox wrapper to make it build Tomli with setuptools + mypyc.
+
+Run this instead of tox. For example: `./scripts/mypyc_tox -e benchmark`
+All arguments are passed to tox.
+
+Prior to running tox, this edits the [build-system] table in pyproject.toml
+to support mypyc builds. The change is reverted before exiting. This also
+sets the `TOMLI_USE_MYPYC=1` environment variable that setup.py reads to
+enable mypyc.
+"""
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from use_setuptools import use_setuptools
+
+project_root = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+pyproject_path = project_root / "pyproject.toml"
+backup_path = project_root / ".backup.pyproject.toml"
+
+tox_env_vars = os.environ.copy()
+tox_env_vars["TOMLI_USE_MYPYC"] = "1"
+
+shutil.copy2(pyproject_path, backup_path)
+try:
+    use_setuptools()
+    result = subprocess.run(["tox", *sys.argv[1:]], env=tox_env_vars)
+    raise SystemExit(result.returncode)
+finally:
+    shutil.copy2(backup_path, pyproject_path)
+    backup_path.unlink()
diff --git a/scripts/use_setuptools.py b/scripts/use_setuptools.py
index 3bffb89..4b44e5a 100644
--- a/scripts/use_setuptools.py
+++ b/scripts/use_setuptools.py
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
+"""Script that switches build backend to setuptools with mypyc support.
+
+Overwrites pyproject.toml. Does not create a backup.
+"""
+
 from pathlib import Path
 import tomllib
 
 import tomli_w  # type: ignore[import-not-found]
 
-pyproject_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
-data = tomllib.loads(pyproject_path.read_bytes().decode())
-data["build-system"] = {
-    "requires": ["setuptools>=69", "mypy[mypyc]>=1.13"],
-    "build-backend": "setuptools.build_meta",
-}
-pyproject_path.write_bytes(tomli_w.dumps(data).encode())
+
+def use_setuptools() -> None:
+    pyproject_path = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "pyproject.toml"
+    data = tomllib.loads(pyproject_path.read_bytes().decode())
+    data["build-system"] = {
+        "requires": ["setuptools>=69", "mypy[mypyc]>=1.13"],
+        "build-backend": "setuptools.build_meta",
+    }
+    pyproject_path.write_bytes(tomli_w.dumps(data).encode())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    use_setuptools()