diff --git a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
index b76881b1fb..bb17e459d2 100644
--- a/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
+++ b/src/mako/Cargo.toml.mako
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ keywords = ["${name[:20]}", ${", ".join(estr(cargo.keywords))}]
 name = "${util.program_name()}"
 % endif
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+hyper-rustls = "^0.6"
+
 [dependencies]
 hyper = "^ 0.10"
 ## Must match the one hyper uses, otherwise there are duplicate similarly named `Mime` structs
diff --git a/src/mako/api/lib/lib.mako b/src/mako/api/lib/lib.mako
index bf85b43a9c..694e84a4e8 100644
--- a/src/mako/api/lib/lib.mako
+++ b/src/mako/api/lib/lib.mako
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ let secret: ApplicationSecret = Default::default();
 // retrieve them from storage.
 % endif
 let auth = Authenticator::new(&secret, DefaultAuthenticatorDelegate,
-                              hyper::Client::new(),
+                              hyper::Client::with_connector(hyper::net::HttpsConnector::new(hyper_rustls::TlsClient::new())),
                               <MemoryStorage as Default>::default(), None);
-let mut hub = ${hub_type}::new(hyper::Client::new(), auth);\
+let mut hub = ${hub_type}::new(hyper::Client::with_connector(hyper::net::HttpsConnector::new(hyper_rustls::TlsClient::new())), auth);\
 </%def>
 
 ## You will still have to set the filter for your comment type - either nothing, or rust_doc_comment !
diff --git a/src/mako/lib/util.mako b/src/mako/lib/util.mako
index de1b9e8268..e8e2d57d2b 100644
--- a/src/mako/lib/util.mako
+++ b/src/mako/lib/util.mako
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ ${util.crate_version(cargo.build_version, revision)}\
 ## Must be outside of a test function
 <%def name="test_prelude()">\
 extern crate hyper;
+extern crate hyper_rustls;
 extern crate yup_oauth2 as oauth2;
 extern crate ${util.to_extern_crate_name(self.crate_name())} as ${self.library_name()};
 </%def>