diff --git a/src/slurmdb.py b/src/slurmdb.py
index a7dfa9f..cec95d7 100644
--- a/src/slurmdb.py
+++ b/src/slurmdb.py
@@ -243,18 +243,33 @@ def _get_tres_map(self):
         if self._tres_map is None:
             self.connect()
             self._tres_map = {}
-            with self._conn.cursor() as cur:
-                cur.execute("SELECT id, type, name FROM tres")
-                for row in cur.fetchall():
-                    t_type = row.get("type")
-                    t_name = row.get("name")
-                    if t_type == "gres":
-                        name = f"{t_type}/{t_name}" if t_name else t_type
-                    elif t_name:
-                        name = f"{t_type}/{t_name}"
-                    else:
-                        name = t_type
-                    self._tres_map[row["id"]] = name
+            for table in ("tres", "tres_table"):
+                try:
+                    with self._conn.cursor() as cur:
+                        cur.execute(f"SELECT id, type, name FROM {table}")
+                        for row in cur.fetchall():
+                            t_type = row.get("type")
+                            t_name = row.get("name")
+                            if t_type == "gres":
+                                name = f"{t_type}/{t_name}" if t_name else t_type
+                            elif t_name:
+                                name = f"{t_type}/{t_name}"
+                            else:
+                                name = t_type
+                            self._tres_map[row["id"]] = name
+                        break
+                except Exception as e:
+                    # Older Slurm databases might use a different table name
+                    # or not support TRES at all. If a table is missing,
+                    # fall back to the next option or return an empty map.
+                    if not (
+                        pymysql
+                        and isinstance(e, pymysql.err.ProgrammingError)
+                        and e.args
+                        and e.args[0] == 1146
+                    ):
+                        raise
+            # If both queries failed we leave the map empty.
         return self._tres_map
 
     def _tres_to_str(self, tres_str):
diff --git a/test/unit/slurmdb_validation.test.py b/test/unit/slurmdb_validation.test.py
index 36192d4..351d58e 100644
--- a/test/unit/slurmdb_validation.test.py
+++ b/test/unit/slurmdb_validation.test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import unittest
 import json
+import pymysql
 from slurmdb import SlurmDB
 from slurm_schema import extract_schema, extract_schema_from_dump
 
@@ -132,6 +133,60 @@ def fake_connect():
         self.assertTrue(conn.closed)
         self.assertIsNone(db._conn)
 
+    def test_get_tres_map_handles_missing_table(self):
+        db = SlurmDB()
+        db.connect = lambda: None
+
+        class FakeCursor:
+            def __enter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+                pass
+
+            def execute(self, query):
+                raise pymysql.err.ProgrammingError(1146, "Table 'slurm_acct_db.tres' doesn't exist")
+
+            def fetchall(self):
+                return []
+
+        class FakeConn:
+            def cursor(self):
+                return FakeCursor()
+
+        db._conn = FakeConn()
+        tmap = db._get_tres_map()
+        self.assertEqual(tmap, {})
+
+    def test_get_tres_map_uses_tres_table_when_missing_tres(self):
+        db = SlurmDB()
+        db.connect = lambda: None
+
+        class FakeCursor:
+            def __enter__(self):
+                return self
+
+            def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc, tb):
+                pass
+
+            def execute(self, query):
+                self.query = query
+                if "tres_table" not in query:
+                    raise pymysql.err.ProgrammingError(1146, "Table 'slurm_acct_db.tres' doesn't exist")
+
+            def fetchall(self):
+                if "tres_table" in self.query:
+                    return [{"id": 1, "type": "cpu", "name": ""}]
+                return []
+
+        class FakeConn:
+            def cursor(self):
+                return FakeCursor()
+
+        db._conn = FakeConn()
+        tmap = db._get_tres_map()
+        self.assertEqual(tmap, {1: "cpu"})
+
     def test_extract_schema_with_context_manager_closes_connection(self):
         class FakeCursor:
             def __init__(self, dbname):