http: Installing with "cargo install" fails on Ubuntu

cargo install https on Ubuntu gives me a

error: failed to run custom build command for `openssl v0.9.24`                                     
process didn't exit successfully: `/tmp/cargo-installbaFa52/release/build/openssl-28365257436483ab/build-script-build` (exit code: 101)
--- stderr
thread 'main' panicked at 'Unable to detect OpenSSL version', /home/zelda/.cargo/registry/src/github.
com-1ecc6299db9ec823/openssl-0.9.24/build.rs:16:14
note: Run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` environment variable to display a backtrace.