diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f10aa8b..6cbdccd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "normality==2.6.1",
     # Python 3.13+ needs psycopg2-binary 2.9.10+ (has wheels; 2.9.9 builds fail with _PyInterpreterState_Get)
     "psycopg2-binary>=2.9.10; python_version >= '3.13'",
+    "tomli; python_version < '3.11'",
     "tqdm",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/_scan_item.py b/src/fosslight_source/_scan_item.py
index 591a9b6..b0a742d 100644
--- a/src/fosslight_source/_scan_item.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/_scan_item.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     r'package\.json$',
     r'setup\.py$',
     r'setup\.cfg$',
+    r'pyproject\.toml$',
     r'.*\.podspec$',
     r'Cargo\.toml$',
     r'huggingface_hub_metadata\.json$',
diff --git a/src/fosslight_source/run_manifest_extractor.py b/src/fosslight_source/run_manifest_extractor.py
index b9efd2f..9c03fb1 100644
--- a/src/fosslight_source/run_manifest_extractor.py
+++ b/src/fosslight_source/run_manifest_extractor.py
@@ -125,6 +125,63 @@ def get_licenses_from_setup_py(file_path: str) -> list[str]:
     return _split_spdx_expression(value)
 
 
+def get_licenses_from_pyproject_toml(file_path: str) -> list[str]:
+    try:
+        data = None
+        try:
+            import tomllib as toml_loader  # Python 3.11+
+            with open(file_path, 'rb') as f:
+                data = toml_loader.load(f)
+        except Exception:
+            try:
+                import tomli as toml_loader  # Backport
+                with open(file_path, 'rb') as f:
+                    data = toml_loader.load(f)
+            except Exception:
+                data = None
+
+        if isinstance(data, dict):
+            project_tbl = data.get('project') or {}
+            license_value = project_tbl.get('license')
+            if isinstance(license_value, str) and license_value.strip():
+                return [license_value.strip()]
+            if isinstance(license_value, dict):
+                text_value = license_value.get('text')
+                if isinstance(text_value, str) and text_value.strip():
+                    return [text_value.strip()]
+                if license_value.get('file'):
+                    return []
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logger.info(f"Failed to parse pyproject.toml via toml parser for {file_path}: {ex}")
+
+    try:
+        with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            content = f.read()
+        project_match = re.search(r'^\s*\[project\]\s*(.*?)(?=^\s*\[|\Z)', content, flags=re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+        if not project_match:
+            return []
+        block = project_match.group(1)
+        m = re.search(r'^\s*license\s*=\s*(?P<q>"""|\'\'\'|"|\')(?P<val>.*?)(?P=q)', block,
+                      flags=re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+        if m:
+            val = m.group('val').strip()
+            if val:
+                return [val]
+        m2 = re.search(r'^\s*license\s*=\s*\{[^}]*?\btext\s*=\s*(?P<q>"""|\'\'\'|"|\')(?P<val>.*?)(?P=q)',
+                       block, flags=re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+        if m2:
+            val = m2.group('val').strip()
+            if val:
+                return [val]
+        m3 = re.search(r'^\s*license\s*=\s*\{[^}]*?\bfile\s*=', block, flags=re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+        if m3:
+            return []
+    except Exception as ex:
+        logger.info(f"Failed to parse pyproject.toml {file_path}: {ex}")
+        return []
+    return []
+
+
 def get_licenses_from_podspec(file_path: str) -> list[str]:
     try:
         with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
@@ -278,6 +335,12 @@ def get_manifest_licenses(file_path: str) -> list[str]:
         except Exception as ex:
             logger.info(f"Failed to extract license from setup.py {file_path}: {ex}")
             return []
+    elif os.path.basename(file_path).lower() == 'pyproject.toml':
+        try:
+            return get_licenses_from_pyproject_toml(file_path)
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.info(f"Failed to extract license from pyproject.toml {file_path}: {ex}")
+            return []
     elif os.path.basename(file_path).lower().endswith('.podspec'):
         try:
             return get_licenses_from_podspec(file_path)