diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cedc912..67ad8e0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "check": "node --check src/index.js && node --test test/*.test.js",
     "build": "node --check src/index.js",
     "smoke": "bash scripts/smoke.sh",
-    "package:smoke": "npm pack --dry-run",
+    "package:smoke": "node scripts/check-package-content.js",
     "release:check": "npm run test && npm run build && npm run smoke && npm run package:smoke",
     "validate": "bash scripts/validate.sh",
     "lint": "npm run check"
diff --git a/scripts/check-package-content.js b/scripts/check-package-content.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c639eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-package-content.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join, normalize } from 'node:path';
+
+const pkg = JSON.parse(readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf8'));
+const packed = JSON.parse(execFileSync('npm', ['pack', '--dry-run', '--json'], { encoding: 'utf8' }))[0];
+const contents = new Set(packed.files.map(({ path }) => normalize(path)));
+const required = new Set();
+
+function addEntry(value, label) {
+  if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid package ${label} entry: ${JSON.stringify(value)}`);
+  }
+  const path = normalize(value.replace(/^\.\//, ''));
+  if (path === '..' || path.startsWith(`..${join('', '/')}`) || path.startsWith('/')) {
+    throw new Error(`Package ${label} entry must stay inside the package: ${value}`);
+  }
+  required.add(path);
+}
+
+for (const [name, target] of Object.entries(pkg.bin ?? {})) addEntry(target, `bin.${name}`);
+function collectExports(value, label = 'exports') {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') addEntry(value, label);
+  else if (value && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+    for (const [key, target] of Object.entries(value)) collectExports(target, `${label}.${key}`);
+  }
+}
+collectExports(pkg.exports);
+
+const missing = [...required].filter((path) => !contents.has(path));
+if (missing.length) {
+  console.error(`npm pack is missing declared package entries: ${missing.join(', ')}`);
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+} else {
+  console.log(`Verified ${required.size} declared package entry point(s) in npm pack output.`);
+}