diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_aarch64.yml
index 26d9c1b..3253991 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_aarch64.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
         python-versions: 'cp37-cp37m cp38-cp38 cp39-cp39 cp310-cp310 pp37-pypy37_pp73 pp38-pypy38_pp73 pp39-pypy39_pp73'
         build-requirements: 'cffi>=1.15.0 psutil>=5.8.0 numpy>=1.19.5 pandas>=1.1.5,<6.3 dpkt>=1.9.7'
         system-packages: 'autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gettext libjson-c-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libbluetooth-dev libnl-genl-3-dev flex bison python3-pip'
-        pre-build-command: 'python3 prepare.py'
 
     - name: Upload generated wheel
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_x86_64.yml b/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_x86_64.yml
index af9eb28..8687bdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_x86_64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_publish_manylinux_x86_64.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ jobs:
         python-versions: 'cp37-cp37m cp38-cp38 cp39-cp39 cp310-cp310 pp37-pypy37_pp73 pp38-pypy38_pp73 pp39-pypy39_pp73'
         build-requirements: 'cffi>=1.15.0 psutil>=5.8.0 numpy>=1.19.5 pandas>=1.1.5,<6.3 dpkt>=1.9.7'
         system-packages: 'autoconf automake libtool pkg-config gettext libjson-c-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libbluetooth-dev libnl-genl-3-dev flex bison python3-pip'
-        pre-build-command: 'python3 prepare.py'
 
     - name: Upload generated wheel
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_aarch64.yml
index d441273..fb361f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_aarch64.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,9 @@ jobs:
         ${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install --upgrade pip
         ${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
 
-    - name: Prepare
-      run: |
-        ${{ matrix.python-version }} prepare.py
-
     - name: Build
       run: |
+        ${{ matrix.python-version }} setup.py build
         ${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install .
 
     - name: Test and generate coverage report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_armhf.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_armhf.yml
index a66b699..73f347a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_armhf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_armhf.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build
       run: |
+        ${{ matrix.python-version }} setup.py build
         ${{ matrix.python-version }} -m pip install .
 
     - name: Test and generate coverage report
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_linux.yml
index c97d5b3..2357f15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_linux.yml
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
 
-    - name: Prepare
-      run: |
-        python prepare.py
-
     - name: Build
       run: |
+        python setup.py build
         python -m pip install .
 
     - name: Test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_macos.yml
index 4187b57..ca89179 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_macos.yml
@@ -59,12 +59,9 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
 
-    - name: Prepare
-      run: |
-        python prepare.py
-
     - name: Build
       run: |
+        python setup.py build
         python -m pip install .
         python -m pip wheel --no-deps --wheel-dir=dist .
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_windows.yml
index e8b9acc..7714587 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test_publish_windows.yml
@@ -50,17 +50,12 @@ jobs:
          wget --user ${{ secrets.NPCAP_OEM_USERNAME }} --password ${{ secrets.NPCAP_OEM_PASSWORD }} https://npcap.org/oem/dist/npcap-1.60-oem.exe
          Start-Process npcap-1.60-oem.exe -ArgumentList "/loopback_support=yes /winpcap_mode=yes /dot11_support=yes /S" -wait
 
-    - name: Prepare
+    - name: Build
       env:
         MSYSTEM: MINGW64
         MSYS2_PATH: D:/a/_temp/msys64
       run: |
-        python prepare.py
-
-    - name: Build
-      env:
-        MSYS2_PATH: D:/a/_temp/msys64
-      run: |
+        python setup.py build
         python -m pip install .
         python -m pip wheel --no-deps --wheel-dir=dist .
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 74d86c9..90ddb65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev libbluetooth-dev libnl-genl-3-dev flex bison
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python3 -m pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
-        python3 prepare.py
+        python3 setup.py build
         python3 -m pip install .
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 43e5e0b..4232829 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ setuptools>=57.4.0
 codecov>=2.1.12
 termcolor>=1.1.0
 tqdm>=4.63.0
-auditwheel>=5.1.2
\ No newline at end of file
+cibuildwheel==2.9.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_aarch64.sh b/nfstream/engine/scripts/build.sh
similarity index 98%
rename from nfstream/engine/scripts/build_aarch64.sh
rename to nfstream/engine/scripts/build.sh
index 7790e0d..f6d37ed 100755
--- a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_aarch64.sh
+++ b/nfstream/engine/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# build_aarch64.sh
+# build.sh
 # Copyright (C) 2019-22 - NFStream Developers
 # This file is part of NFStream, a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework (https://www.nfstream.org/).
 # NFStream is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ build_libndpi() {
   echo "Compiling libndpi"
   echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
   cd nDPI
+  gcc --version
   ./autogen.sh
   CFLAGS="-I/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/include"
   LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/lib"
@@ -57,4 +58,4 @@ gcc -DNDPI_LIB_COMPILATION -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING -E -x c -P -C /tmp/nfstream
 gcc -E -x c -P -C lib_engine.c > /tmp/nfstream_build/lib_engine_cdefinitions.c
 echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 echo ""
-cd ../..
+cd ../..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_linux.sh b/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_linux.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2cac559..0000000
--- a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_linux.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# build_linux.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2019-22 - NFStream Developers
-# This file is part of NFStream, a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework (https://www.nfstream.org/).
-# NFStream is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# NFStream is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
-# of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with NFStream.
-# If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-build_libpcap() {
-  echo ""
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "Compiling libpcap (fanout)"
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  cd libpcap
-  git config --global --add safe.directory $(realpath .) &&
-  ./configure --enable-ipv6 --disable-universal --enable-dbus=no --without-libnl --disable-rdma
-  make
-  make DESTDIR=/tmp/nfstream_build install
-  make clean
-  cd ..
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo ""
-  }
-
-build_libndpi() {
-  echo ""
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "Compiling libndpi"
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  cd nDPI
-  git config --global --add safe.directory $(realpath .) &&
-  gcc --version
-  ./autogen.sh
-  CFLAGS="-I/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/include"
-  LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/lib"
-  CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS} ./configure && CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS} make
-  make DESTDIR=/tmp/nfstream_build install
-  make clean
-  cd ..
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo ""
-  }
-
-rm -rf /tmp/nfstream_build
-cd nfstream/engine/dependencies
-build_libpcap
-build_libndpi
-echo ""
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "Prepare engine_cc"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-cd ..
-gcc -DNDPI_LIB_COMPILATION -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING_EXCLUDE_PACKED -E -x c -P -C /tmp/nfstream_build/usr/include/ndpi/ndpi_typedefs.h > /tmp/nfstream_build/ndpi_cdefinitions.h
-gcc -DNDPI_LIB_COMPILATION -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING -E -x c -P -C /tmp/nfstream_build/usr/include/ndpi/ndpi_typedefs.h > /tmp/nfstream_build/ndpi_cdefinitions_packed.h
-gcc -E -x c -P -C lib_engine.c > /tmp/nfstream_build/lib_engine_cdefinitions.c
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo ""
-cd ../..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_macos.sh b/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_macos.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f6b67e9..0000000
--- a/nfstream/engine/scripts/build_macos.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# build_macos.sh
-# Copyright (C) 2019-22 - NFStream Developers
-# This file is part of NFStream, a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework (https://www.nfstream.org/).
-# NFStream is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-# License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-# version.
-# NFStream is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
-# of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with NFStream.
-# If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-build_libpcap() {
-  echo ""
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "Compiling libpcap (fanout)"
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  cd libpcap
-  ./configure --enable-ipv6 --disable-universal --enable-dbus=no --without-libnl --disable-rdma
-  make
-  make DESTDIR=/tmp/nfstream_build install
-  make clean
-  cd ..
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo ""
-  }
-
-build_libndpi() {
-  echo ""
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo "Compiling libndpi"
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  cd nDPI
-  ./autogen.sh
-  CFLAGS="-I/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/include"
-  LDFLAGS="-L/tmp/nfstream_build/usr/local/lib"
-  CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS} ./configure && CFLAGS=${CFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${LDFLAGS} make
-  make DESTDIR=/tmp/nfstream_build install
-  make clean
-  cd ..
-  echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-  echo ""
-  }
-
-rm -rf /tmp/nfstream_build
-cd nfstream/engine/dependencies
-build_libpcap
-build_libndpi
-echo ""
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo "Prepare engine_cc"
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-cd ..
-gcc -DNDPI_LIB_COMPILATION -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING_EXCLUDE_PACKED -E -x c -P -C /tmp/nfstream_build/usr/include/ndpi/ndpi_typedefs.h > /tmp/nfstream_build/ndpi_cdefinitions.h
-gcc -DNDPI_LIB_COMPILATION -DNDPI_CFFI_PREPROCESSING -E -x c -P -C /tmp/nfstream_build/usr/include/ndpi/ndpi_typedefs.h > /tmp/nfstream_build/ndpi_cdefinitions_packed.h
-gcc -E -x c -P -C lib_engine.c > /tmp/nfstream_build/lib_engine_cdefinitions.c
-echo "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
-echo ""
-cd ../..
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prepare.py b/prepare.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8439588..0000000
--- a/prepare.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-"""
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-prepare.py
-Copyright (C) 2019-22 - NFStream Developers
-This file is part of NFStream, a Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework (https://www.nfstream.org/).
-NFStream is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-version.
-NFStream is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
-of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with NFStream.
-If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-"""
-
-import platform
-import subprocess
-import pathlib
-import sys
-import os
-
-BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve().joinpath("nfstream").joinpath("engine")
-                        .joinpath("scripts").joinpath("build"))
-
-# Patched path as it is passed to msys2 bash
-ENGINE_PATH = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve().joinpath("nfstream").joinpath("engine")).replace("\\", "/")
-
-
-def prepare_lib_engine_requirements():
-    if os.name != 'posix':  # Windows case
-        os.environ["MSYSTEM"] = "MINGW64"
-        msys = os.getenv("MSYS2_PATH")
-        if msys is None:
-            os.environ["MSYS2_PATH"] = "C:/msys64"
-        msys = os.getenv("MSYS2_PATH")
-        build_script_command = r"""'{}'""".format(str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + "_windows.sh")
-        subprocess.check_call(["{msys}/usr/bin/bash".format(msys=msys).replace("/", "\\"),
-                               "-l",
-                               build_script_command, ENGINE_PATH],
-                              shell=True)
-    else:
-        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            subprocess.check_call([str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + "_macos.sh"], shell=True)
-        elif "aarch" in platform.machine():
-            subprocess.check_call([str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + "_aarch64.sh"], shell=True)
-        else:
-            subprocess.check_call([str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + "_linux.sh"], shell=True)
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    prepare_lib_engine_requirements()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e2c913..dda2249 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,67 +13,76 @@ If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 """
 
+from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
+from setuptools import setup
+import subprocess
+import platform
+import pathlib
 import sys
 import os
-import platform
-from setuptools import setup
+
+THIS_DIRECTORY = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve())
+
+BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve().joinpath("nfstream").joinpath("engine")
+                        .joinpath("scripts").joinpath("build"))
+
+# Patched path as it is passed to msys2 bash
+ENGINE_PATH = str(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.resolve().joinpath("nfstream").joinpath("engine")).replace("\\", "/")
 
 if (not sys.version_info[0] == 3) and (not sys.version_info[1] >= 6):
     sys.exit("Sorry, nfstream requires Python3.6+ versions.")
 
-THIS_DIRECTORY = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
 with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIRECTORY, 'README.md'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-    long_description = f.read()
+    LONG_DESCRIPTION = f.read()
 
-install_requires = ['cffi>=1.15.0',
+INSTALL_REQUIRES = ['cffi>=1.15.0',
                     'psutil>=5.8.0',
                     'dpkt>=1.9.7',
                     'numpy>=1.19.5']
 
-# This is mandatory to fix pandas issues with PyPy
-if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy':
-    install_requires.append("pandas<=1.2.5")
+if platform.python_implementation() == 'PyPy':  # This is mandatory to fix pandas issues with PyPy
+    INSTALL_REQUIRES.append("pandas<=1.2.5")
 else:
-    install_requires.append("pandas>=1.1.5")
-
-try:
-    from wheel.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel as _bdist_wheel
-
-    class bdist_wheel(_bdist_wheel):
-        def get_tag(self):
-            tag = _bdist_wheel.get_tag(self)
-            pypi_compliant_tag = list(tag)
-            if 'linux' == pypi_compliant_tag[2][0:5]:
-                pypi_compliant_tag[2] = pypi_compliant_tag[2].replace("linux", "manylinux1")
-            if pypi_compliant_tag[2] == "manylinux1_aarch64":
-                pypi_compliant_tag[2] = "manylinux2014_aarch64"
-            pypi_compliant_tag = tuple(pypi_compliant_tag)
-            return pypi_compliant_tag
+    INSTALL_REQUIRES.append("pandas>=1.1.5")
 
 
-except ImportError:
-    print('Warning: cannot import "wheel" package to build platform-specific wheel')
-    print('Install the "wheel" package to fix this warning')
-    bdist_wheel = None
+class BuildPyCommand(build_py):
+    """ Custom build command to compile lib_engine dependencies."""
+    def run(self):
+        if not self.dry_run:
+            if os.name != 'posix':  # Windows case
+                os.environ["MSYSTEM"] = "MINGW64"
+                msys = os.getenv("MSYS2_PATH")
+                if msys is None:
+                    os.environ["MSYS2_PATH"] = "C:/msys64"
+                msys = os.getenv("MSYS2_PATH")
+                build_script_command = r"""'{}'""".format(str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + "_windows.sh")
+                subprocess.check_call(["{msys}/usr/bin/bash".format(msys=msys).replace("/", "\\"),
+                                       "-l",
+                                       build_script_command, ENGINE_PATH],
+                                      shell=True)
+            else:  # Linux, MacOS
+                subprocess.check_call([str(BUILD_SCRIPT_PATH) + ".sh"], shell=True)
+        build_py.run(self)
 
-cmdclass = {'bdist_wheel': bdist_wheel} if bdist_wheel is not None else dict()
 
 setup(
+    cmdclass={
+        "build_py": BuildPyCommand
+    },
     name="nfstream",
     version='6.5.2',
     url='https://www.nfstream.org/',
     license='LGPLv3',
     description="A Flexible Network Data Analysis Framework",
-    long_description=long_description,
+    long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
     author='Zied Aouini',
     author_email='aouinizied@gmail.com',
     packages=['nfstream', 'nfstream.plugins', 'nfstream.engine'],
     setup_requires=["cffi>=1.15.0"],
     cffi_modules=["nfstream/engine/engine_build.py:ffi_builder"],
-    install_requires=install_requires,
+    install_requires=INSTALL_REQUIRES,
     include_package_data=True,
     platforms=["Linux", "Mac OS-X", "Windows", "Unix"],
     classifiers=[