diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9272134e2..fc98be7eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -759,6 +759,101 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "645c6916888f6cb6350d2550b80fb63e734897a8498abe35cfb732b6487804b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-channel"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "eac8f7d7865dcb88bd4373ab671c8cf4508703796caa2b1985a9ca867b3fcb78"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-core"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dfc6580bb841c5a68e9ef15c77ccc837b40a7504914d52e47b8b0e9bbda25a1d"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-executor"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-io"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a44623e20b9681a318efdd71c299b6b222ed6f231972bfe2f224ebad6311f0c1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-macro"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87750cf4b7a4c0625b1529e4c543c2182106e4dedc60a2a6455e00d212c489ac"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-sink"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fb8e00e87438d937621c1c6269e53f536c14d3fbd6a042bb24879e57d474fb5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-task"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "38d84fa142264698cdce1a9f9172cf383a0c82de1bddcf3092901442c4097004"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-timer"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f288b0a4f20f9a56b5d1da57e2227c661b7b16168e2f72365f57b63326e29b24"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-util"
+version = "0.3.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3d6401deb83407ab3da39eba7e33987a73c3df0c82b4bb5813ee871c19c41d48"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-macro",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "generic-array"
 version = "0.14.7"
@@ -1104,6 +1199,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pyproject-toml",
  "python-pkginfo",
  "regex",
+ "rstest",
  "rustc_version",
  "rustls",
  "rustls-pemfile",
@@ -1418,6 +1514,12 @@ version = "0.2.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.29"
@@ -1649,6 +1751,12 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "relative-path"
+version = "1.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e898588f33fdd5b9420719948f9f2a32c922a246964576f71ba7f24f80610fbc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rfc2047-decoder"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1677,6 +1785,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rstest"
+version = "0.18.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97eeab2f3c0a199bc4be135c36c924b6590b88c377d416494288c14f2db30199"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures",
+ "futures-timer",
+ "rstest_macros",
+ "rustc_version",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rstest_macros"
+version = "0.18.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d428f8247852f894ee1be110b375111b586d4fa431f6c46e64ba5a0dcccbe605"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "glob",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "relative-path",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn 2.0.48",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -1941,6 +2078,15 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32fea41aca09ee824cc9724996433064c89f7777e60762749a4170a14abbfa21"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f92a496fb766b417c996b9c5e57daf2f7ad3b0bebe1ccfca4856390e3d3bb67"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "smallvec"
 version = "1.13.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 53ef92610..c993529cb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ pretty_assertions = { version = "1.3.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 expect-test = "1.4.1"
+rstest = "0.18.2"
 indoc = "2.0.3"
 pretty_assertions = "1.3.0"
 rustversion = "1.0.9"
diff --git a/src/develop.rs b/src/develop.rs
index 9483a56aa..f3096cfc1 100644
--- a/src/develop.rs
+++ b/src/develop.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,37 @@ use tempfile::TempDir;
 use tracing::instrument;
 use url::Url;
 
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq)]
+enum InstallBackend {
+    Pip { path: Option<PathBuf> },
+    Uv,
+}
+
+impl InstallBackend {
+    fn make_command(&self, python_path: &Path) -> Command {
+        match self {
+            InstallBackend::Pip { path } => match &path {
+                Some(path) => {
+                    let mut cmd = Command::new(path);
+                    cmd.arg("--python")
+                        .arg(python_path)
+                        .arg("--disable-pip-version-check");
+                    cmd
+                }
+                None => {
+                    let mut cmd = Command::new(python_path);
+                    cmd.arg("-m").arg("pip").arg("--disable-pip-version-check");
+                    cmd
+                }
+            },
+            InstallBackend::Uv => {
+                let mut cmd = Command::new(python_path);
+                cmd.arg("-m").arg("uv").arg("pip");
+                cmd
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
 /// Install the crate as module in the current virtualenv
 #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
 pub struct DevelopOptions {
@@ -58,23 +89,9 @@ pub struct DevelopOptions {
     /// `cargo rustc` options
     #[command(flatten)]
     pub cargo_options: CargoOptions,
-}
-
-fn make_pip_command(python_path: &Path, pip_path: Option<&Path>) -> Command {
-    match pip_path {
-        Some(pip_path) => {
-            let mut cmd = Command::new(pip_path);
-            cmd.arg("--python")
-                .arg(python_path)
-                .arg("--disable-pip-version-check");
-            cmd
-        }
-        None => {
-            let mut cmd = Command::new(python_path);
-            cmd.arg("-m").arg("pip").arg("--disable-pip-version-check");
-            cmd
-        }
-    }
+    /// Use `uv` to install packages instead of `pip`
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub uv: bool,
 }
 
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
@@ -82,7 +99,7 @@ fn install_dependencies(
     build_context: &BuildContext,
     extras: &[String],
     interpreter: &PythonInterpreter,
-    pip_path: Option<&Path>,
+    install_backend: &InstallBackend,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     if !build_context.metadata23.requires_dist.is_empty() {
         let mut args = vec!["install".to_string()];
@@ -112,7 +129,8 @@ fn install_dependencies(
             }
             pkg.to_string()
         }));
-        let status = make_pip_command(&interpreter.executable, pip_path)
+        let status = install_backend
+            .make_command(&interpreter.executable)
             .args(&args)
             .status()
             .context("Failed to run pip install")?;
@@ -128,37 +146,45 @@ fn pip_install_wheel(
     build_context: &BuildContext,
     python: &Path,
     venv_dir: &Path,
-    pip_path: Option<&Path>,
     wheel_filename: &Path,
+    pip_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    install_backend: &InstallBackend,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let mut pip_cmd = make_pip_command(python, pip_path);
-    let output = pip_cmd
+    let mut cmd = install_backend.make_command(python);
+    let output = cmd
         .args(["install", "--no-deps", "--force-reinstall"])
         .arg(dunce::simplified(wheel_filename))
         .output()
         .context(format!(
             "pip install failed (ran {:?} with {:?})",
-            pip_cmd.get_program(),
-            &pip_cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            cmd.get_program(),
+            &cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
         ))?;
     if !output.status.success() {
         bail!(
             "pip install in {} failed running {:?}: {}\n--- Stdout:\n{}\n--- Stderr:\n{}\n---\n",
             venv_dir.display(),
-            &pip_cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            &cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             output.status,
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim(),
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim(),
         );
     }
-    if !output.stderr.is_empty() {
+    // uv pip install sends logs to stderr thus only print this warning for pip
+    if !output.stderr.is_empty() && *install_backend != InstallBackend::Uv {
         eprintln!(
             "⚠️ Warning: pip raised a warning running {:?}:\n{}",
-            &pip_cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            &cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim(),
         );
     }
-    fix_direct_url(build_context, python, pip_path)?;
+    // pip show --files is not supported by uv, thus
+    // default to using pip backend all the time
+    fix_direct_url(
+        build_context,
+        python,
+        &InstallBackend::Pip { path: pip_path },
+    )?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -173,18 +199,18 @@ fn pip_install_wheel(
 fn fix_direct_url(
     build_context: &BuildContext,
     python: &Path,
-    pip_path: Option<&Path>,
+    install_backend: &InstallBackend,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     println!("✏️  Setting installed package as editable");
-    let mut pip_cmd = make_pip_command(python, pip_path);
-    let output = pip_cmd
+    let mut cmd = install_backend.make_command(python);
+    let output = cmd
         .args(["show", "--files"])
         .arg(&build_context.metadata23.name)
         .output()
         .context(format!(
             "pip show failed (ran {:?} with {:?})",
-            pip_cmd.get_program(),
-            &pip_cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            cmd.get_program(),
+            &cmd.get_args().collect::<Vec<_>>(),
         ))?;
     if let Some(direct_url_path) = parse_direct_url_path(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout))?
     {
@@ -231,7 +257,15 @@ pub fn develop(develop_options: DevelopOptions, venv_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         skip_install,
         pip_path,
         cargo_options,
+        uv,
     } = develop_options;
+    let install_backend = if uv {
+        InstallBackend::Uv
+    } else {
+        InstallBackend::Pip {
+            path: pip_path.clone(),
+        }
+    };
     let mut target_triple = cargo_options.target.as_ref().map(|x| x.to_string());
     let target = Target::from_target_triple(cargo_options.target)?;
     let python = target.get_venv_python(venv_dir);
@@ -282,7 +316,7 @@ pub fn develop(develop_options: DevelopOptions, venv_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
             || anyhow!("Expected `python` to be a python interpreter inside a virtualenv ಠ_ಠ"),
         )?;
 
-    install_dependencies(&build_context, &extras, &interpreter, pip_path.as_deref())?;
+    install_dependencies(&build_context, &extras, &interpreter, &install_backend)?;
 
     let wheels = build_context.build_wheels()?;
     if !skip_install {
@@ -291,8 +325,9 @@ pub fn develop(develop_options: DevelopOptions, venv_dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
                 &build_context,
                 &python,
                 venv_dir,
-                pip_path.as_deref(),
                 filename,
+                pip_path.clone(),
+                &install_backend,
             )?;
             eprintln!(
                 "🛠 Installed {}-{}",
diff --git a/tests/cmd/develop.stdout b/tests/cmd/develop.stdout
index 0940dc108..cb8ada219 100644
--- a/tests/cmd/develop.stdout
+++ b/tests/cmd/develop.stdout
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ Options:
       --future-incompat-report
           Outputs a future incompatibility report at the end of the build (unstable)
 
+      --uv
+          Use `uv` to install packages instead of `pip`
+
   -h, --help
           Print help (see a summary with '-h')
 
diff --git a/tests/common/develop.rs b/tests/common/develop.rs
index 56aaae3c7..97dd16788 100644
--- a/tests/common/develop.rs
+++ b/tests/common/develop.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-use crate::common::{check_installed, create_conda_env, create_virtualenv, maybe_mock_cargo};
+use crate::common::{
+    check_installed, create_conda_env, create_virtualenv, maybe_mock_cargo, TestInstallBackend,
+};
 use anyhow::Result;
 use maturin::{develop, CargoOptions, DevelopOptions};
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ pub fn test_develop(
     bindings: Option<String>,
     unique_name: &str,
     conda: bool,
+    test_backend: TestInstallBackend,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     maybe_mock_cargo();
 
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ pub fn test_develop(
             "pip",
             "install",
             "--disable-pip-version-check",
+            "uv",
             "cffi",
         ])
         .output()?;
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ pub fn test_develop(
         );
     }
 
+    let uv = matches!(test_backend, TestInstallBackend::Uv);
     let manifest_file = package.join("Cargo.toml");
     let develop_options = DevelopOptions {
         bindings,
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ pub fn test_develop(
             target_dir: Some(PathBuf::from(format!("test-crates/targets/{unique_name}"))),
             ..Default::default()
         },
+        uv,
     };
     develop(develop_options, &venv_dir)?;
 
diff --git a/tests/common/mod.rs b/tests/common/mod.rs
index f6ad9fdca..7c238f079 100644
--- a/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ pub mod errors;
 pub mod integration;
 pub mod other;
 
+pub enum TestInstallBackend {
+    Pip,
+    Uv,
+}
+
 /// Check that the package is either not installed or works correctly
 pub fn check_installed(package: &Path, python: &Path) -> Result<()> {
     let path = if cfg!(windows) {
diff --git a/tests/run.rs b/tests/run.rs
index 6bcac878d..af2c62c29 100644
--- a/tests/run.rs
+++ b/tests/run.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 //! To speed up the tests, they are tests all collected in a single module
 
-use common::{develop, errors, handle_result, integration, other, test_python_implementation};
+use common::{
+    develop, errors, handle_result, integration, other, test_python_implementation,
+    TestInstallBackend,
+};
 use expect_test::expect;
 use maturin::pyproject_toml::SdistGenerator;
+use rstest::rstest;
 use std::env;
 use std::path::Path;
 use time::macros::datetime;
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_pure() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-pure",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_pure_conda() {
             None,
             "develop-pyo3-pure-conda",
             true,
+            TestInstallBackend::Pip,
         ));
     }
 }
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +58,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_include_exclude() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-include-exclude",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +69,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_submodule() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-submodule",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -71,6 +80,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_with_path_dep() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-with-path-dep",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -81,6 +91,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_implicit() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-implicit",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -91,6 +102,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_py_subdir() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-py-subdir",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@ fn develop_pyo3_mixed_src_layout() {
         None,
         "develop-pyo3-mixed-src",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -116,6 +129,7 @@ fn develop_cffi_pure() {
         None,
         "develop-cffi-pure",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -131,6 +145,7 @@ fn develop_cffi_mixed() {
         None,
         "develop-cffi-mixed",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -142,6 +157,7 @@ fn develop_uniffi_pure() {
             None,
             "develop-uniffi-pure",
             false,
+            TestInstallBackend::Pip,
         ));
     }
 }
@@ -153,6 +169,7 @@ fn develop_uniffi_pure_proc_macro() {
         None,
         "develop-uniffi-pure-proc-macro",
         false,
+        TestInstallBackend::Pip,
     ));
 }
 
@@ -164,27 +181,36 @@ fn develop_uniffi_mixed() {
             None,
             "develop-uniffi-mixed",
             false,
+            TestInstallBackend::Pip,
         ));
     }
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+#[case(TestInstallBackend::Pip, "pip")]
+#[case(TestInstallBackend::Uv, "uv")]
 #[test]
-fn develop_hello_world() {
+fn develop_hello_world(#[case] backend: TestInstallBackend, #[case] name: &str) {
     handle_result(develop::test_develop(
         "test-crates/hello-world",
         None,
-        "develop-hello-world",
+        format!("develop-hello-world-{}", name).as_str(),
         false,
+        backend,
     ));
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+#[case(TestInstallBackend::Pip, "pip")]
+#[case(TestInstallBackend::Uv, "uv")]
 #[test]
-fn develop_pyo3_ffi_pure() {
+fn develop_pyo3_ffi_pure(#[case] backend: TestInstallBackend, #[case] name: &str) {
     handle_result(develop::test_develop(
         "test-crates/pyo3-ffi-pure",
         None,
-        "develop-pyo3-ffi-pure",
+        format!("develop-pyo3-ffi-pure-{}", name).as_str(),
         false,
+        backend,
     ));
 }