diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d2314110fd2d..7945ee63a3078 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -691,6 +691,9 @@ if(pyroot)
   set(PYTESTS_WILLFAIL WILLFAIL)
 endif()
 
+#---Insert Python metadata for ROOT import package----------------------------------------------
+include(InstallPythonMetadata)
+
 #---Configure Testing using CTest----------------------------------------------------------------
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/CTestCustom.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} COPYONLY)
 if(testing)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/InstallPythonMetadata.cmake b/cmake/modules/InstallPythonMetadata.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f2622b2487f05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/InstallPythonMetadata.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Installs Python METADATA and INSTALLER files for compatibility with importlib.metadata
+# The presence of INSTALLER (along with intentionally neglecting RECORD) prevents 
+# package managers from uninstalling or otherwise touching the ROOT import package if 
+# it wasn't installed via a wheel.
+# See: https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/recording-installed-packages/
+
+# scikit-build-core handles metadata so only do this for non-wheel builds to avoid conflict
+if(NOT _wheel_build)
+  configure_file("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/config/METADATA.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist-info/METADATA" @ONLY NEWLINE_STYLE UNIX)
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist-info/INSTALLER" "CMake")
+  install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/dist-info/" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PYTHONDIR}/root-${ROOT_VERSION}.dist-info")
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
index 0966ae13c3353..a40aa275758cb 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootBuildOptions.cmake
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ option(rootbench "Build rootbench if rootbench exists in root or if it is a sibl
 option(roottest "Build roottest (implies testing=ON)" OFF)
 option(testing "Enable testing with CTest" OFF)
 option(asan "Build ROOT with address sanitizer instrumentation" OFF)
+option(_wheel_build "ROOT is being packaged as a wheel, do not install .dist-info metadata" OFF)
 
 set(gcctoolchain "" CACHE PATH "Set path to GCC toolchain used to build llvm/clang")
 
diff --git a/config/METADATA.in b/config/METADATA.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d43d95b6da150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/METADATA.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Metadata-Version: 2.2
+Name: root
+Version: @ROOT_VERSION@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5f4f50d05bfe5..096eba25b8703 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ opengl="OFF"
 runtime_cxxmodules="ON"
 fail-on-missing="ON"
 
+# Prevent CMake from producing its own .dist-info metadata
+_wheel_build="ON"
+
 # Explicitly list components that gminimal implicitly turns off as documentation
 # tmva-pymva and tpython are disabled for manylinux compatibility
 # see https://peps.python.org/pep-0513/#libpythonx-y-so-1