diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 192f28c7..f0000376 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 language: rust
 
+before_install:
+    - sudo apt-get update -qq
+    - sudo apt-get install -qq libssl-dev
+
 script:
     - cargo build -v
     - cargo test -v