diff --git a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
index 34da6eceb..c8fe8af65 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
+++ b/src/poetry/core/masonry/builders/wheel.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def _build(self, wheel: zipfile.ZipFile) -> None:
 
                     build_dir = self._path / "build"
                     lib = list(build_dir.glob("lib.*"))
-                    if not lib:
+                    if self._editable or not lib:
                         # The result of building the extensions
                         # does not exist, this may due to conditional
                         # builds, so we assume that it's okay
@@ -201,6 +201,15 @@ def _copy_file_scripts(self, wheel: zipfile.ZipFile) -> None:
             )
 
     def _run_build_command(self, setup: Path) -> None:
+        if self._editable:
+            subprocess.check_call(
+                [
+                    self.executable.as_posix(),
+                    str(setup),
+                    "build_ext",
+                    "--inplace",
+                ]
+            )
         subprocess.check_call(
             [
                 self.executable.as_posix(),