1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/bio/mod.rs b/src/bio/mod.rs
index 2ae66516..afc55849 100644
--- a/src/bio/mod.rs
+++ b/src/bio/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ impl Drop for MemBio {
 impl MemBio {
     /// Creates a new owned memory based BIO
     pub fn new() -> Result<MemBio, SslError> {
+        ffi::init();
+
         let bio = unsafe { ffi::BIO_new(ffi::BIO_s_mem()) };
         try_ssl_null!(bio);