diff --git a/salt/_logging/impl.py b/salt/_logging/impl.py
index e24fecced4d..77ef47ff735 100644
--- a/salt/_logging/impl.py
+++ b/salt/_logging/impl.py
@@ -280,16 +280,29 @@ class SaltLoggingClass(LOGGING_LOGGER_CLASS, metaclass=LoggingMixinMeta):
         else:
             extra["exc_info_on_loglevel"] = exc_info_on_loglevel
 
-        LOGGING_LOGGER_CLASS._log(
-            self,
-            level,
-            msg,
-            args,
-            exc_info=exc_info,
-            extra=extra,
-            stack_info=stack_info,
-            stacklevel=stacklevel,
-        )
+        try:
+            LOGGING_LOGGER_CLASS._log(
+                self,
+                level,
+                msg,
+                args,
+                exc_info=exc_info,
+                extra=extra,
+                stack_info=stack_info,
+                stacklevel=stacklevel,
+            )
+        except TypeError:
+            # stacklevel was introduced in Py 3.8
+            # must be running on old OS with Python 3.6 or 3.7
+            LOGGING_LOGGER_CLASS._log(
+                self,
+                level,
+                msg,
+                args,
+                exc_info=exc_info,
+                extra=extra,
+                stack_info=stack_info,
+            )
 
     def makeRecord(
         self,