diff --git a/examples/mysql/todos/Cargo.toml b/examples/mysql/todos/Cargo.toml
index f604a570..7b2ccc01 100644
--- a/examples/mysql/todos/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/mysql/todos/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ anyhow = "1.0"
 async-std = { version = "1.5.0", features = [ "attributes" ] }
 futures = "0.3"
 paw = "1.0"
-sqlx = { path = "../../../", features = [ "mysql" ] }
+sqlx = { path = "../../../", features = [ "mysql", "runtime-async-std-rustls" ] }
 structopt = { version = "0.3", features = [ "paw" ] }