diff --git a/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py b/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
index b557d450..45a49a61 100644
--- a/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
+++ b/jedi/inference/compiled/access.py
@@ -500,7 +500,10 @@ class DirectObjectAccess(object):
                 name = m.group(1)
 
                 import typing
-                args = typing.get_args(self._obj)
+                if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+                    args = typing.get_args(self._obj)
+                else:
+                    args = safe_getattr(self._obj, '__args__', default=None)
         return name, tuple(self._create_access_path(arg) for arg in args)
 
     def needs_type_completions(self):
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_interpreter.py b/test/test_api/test_interpreter.py
index 821ea2d6..f7635abb 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_interpreter.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_interpreter.py
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ def bar():
     return float
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 5), reason="Ignore Python 2, because EOL")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6), reason="Ignore Python 2, because EOL")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'annotations, result, code', [
         ({}, [], ''),