diff --git a/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/package0/Package.scala b/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/package0/Package.scala
index b1a17a6e95..8adb90cd5c 100644
--- a/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/package0/Package.scala
+++ b/modules/cli/src/main/scala/scala/cli/commands/package0/Package.scala
@@ -720,14 +720,14 @@ object Package extends ScalaCommand[PackageOptions] with BuildCommandHelpers {
     isFullOpt <- builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.fullOpt
     linkerConfig = builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.linkerConfig(logger)
     linkResult <- linkJs(
-      builds,
-      destPath,
-      mainClass,
+      builds = builds,
+      dest = destPath,
+      mainClassOpt = mainClass,
       addTestInitializer = false,
-      linkerConfig,
-      isFullOpt,
-      builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.noOpt.getOrElse(false),
-      logger
+      config = linkerConfig,
+      fullOpt = isFullOpt,
+      noOpt = builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.noOpt.getOrElse(false),
+      logger = logger
     )
   } yield linkResult
 
@@ -1023,35 +1023,18 @@ object Package extends ScalaCommand[PackageOptions] with BuildCommandHelpers {
           builds.head.options.archiveCache
         )
       }
-      val relMainJs      = os.rel / "main.js"
-      val relSourceMapJs = os.rel / "main.js.map"
-      val mainJs         = linkingDir / relMainJs
-      val sourceMapJs    = linkingDir / relSourceMapJs
-
-      if (os.exists(mainJs))
-        if (
-          os.walk.stream(linkingDir)
-            .filter(_ != mainJs)
-            .filter(_ != sourceMapJs)
-            .headOption
-            .nonEmpty
-        ) {
-          // copy linking dir to dest
-          os.copy(
-            linkingDir,
-            dest,
-            createFolders = true,
-            replaceExisting = true,
-            mergeFolders = true
-          )
+      os.walk.stream(linkingDir).filter(_.ext == "js").toSeq match {
+        case Seq(sourceJs) if os.isFile(sourceJs) && sourceJs.last.endsWith(".js") =>
+          // there's just one js file to link, so we copy it directly
           logger.debug(
-            s"Scala.js linker generate multiple files for js multi-modules. Copy files to $dest directory."
+            s"Scala.js linker generated single file ${sourceJs.last}. Copying it to $dest"
           )
-          dest / "main.js"
-        }
-        else {
-          os.copy(mainJs, dest, replaceExisting = true)
-          if (builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.emitSourceMaps && os.exists(sourceMapJs)) {
+          val sourceMapJs = os.Path(sourceJs.toString + ".map")
+          os.copy(sourceJs, dest, replaceExisting = true)
+          if builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.emitSourceMaps && os.exists(sourceMapJs) then {
+            logger.debug(
+              s"Source maps emission enabled, copying source map file: ${sourceMapJs.last}"
+            )
             val sourceMapDest =
               builds.head.options.scalaJsOptions.sourceMapsDest.getOrElse(os.Path(s"$dest.map"))
             val updatedMainJs = ScalaJsLinker.updateSourceMappingURL(dest)
@@ -1059,12 +1042,33 @@ object Package extends ScalaCommand[PackageOptions] with BuildCommandHelpers {
             os.copy(sourceMapJs, sourceMapDest, replaceExisting = true)
             logger.message(s"Emitted js source maps to: $sourceMapDest")
           }
-
           dest
-        }
-      else {
-        val found = os.walk(linkingDir).map(_.relativeTo(linkingDir))
-        value(Left(new ScalaJsLinkingError(relMainJs, found)))
+        case _ @Seq(jsSource, _*) =>
+          os.copy(
+            linkingDir,
+            dest,
+            createFolders = true,
+            replaceExisting = true,
+            mergeFolders = true
+          )
+          logger.debug(
+            s"Scala.js linker generated multiple files for js multi-modules. Copied files to $dest directory."
+          )
+          val jsFileToReturn = os.rel / {
+            mainClassOpt match {
+              case Some(_) if os.exists(linkingDir / "main.js")  => "main.js"
+              case Some(mc) if os.exists(linkingDir / s"$mc.js") => s"$mc.js"
+              case _                                             => jsSource.relativeTo(linkingDir)
+            }
+          }
+          dest / jsFileToReturn
+        case Nil =>
+          logger.debug("Scala.js linker did not generate any .js files.")
+          val allFilesInLinkingDir = os.walk(linkingDir).map(_.relativeTo(linkingDir))
+          value(Left(new ScalaJsLinkingError(
+            expected = if mainClassOpt.nonEmpty then "main.js" else "<module>.js",
+            foundFiles = allFilesInLinkingDir
+          )))
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/PackageTestDefinitions.scala b/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/PackageTestDefinitions.scala
index 59f9557a10..4d5346af2a 100644
--- a/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/PackageTestDefinitions.scala
+++ b/modules/integration/src/test/scala/scala/cli/integration/PackageTestDefinitions.scala
@@ -1485,4 +1485,26 @@ abstract class PackageTestDefinitions extends ScalaCliSuite with TestScalaVersio
         }
     }
   }
+
+  if actualScalaVersion.startsWith("3") then
+    test("package Scala.js without a main method") {
+      val moduleName = "whatever"
+      TestInputs(
+        os.rel / s"$moduleName.scala" ->
+          s"""import scala.scalajs.js.annotation.*
+             |
+             |object $moduleName {
+             |  @JSExportTopLevel(name = "handler", moduleID = "$moduleName")
+             |  def handler(): Unit = {
+             |    println("Hello world!")
+             |  }
+             |}
+             |""".stripMargin
+      ).fromRoot { root =>
+        val res =
+          os.proc(TestUtil.cli, "package", ".", "--js", "--power", extraOptions)
+            .call(cwd = root, mergeErrIntoOut = true, stderr = os.Pipe)
+        expect(res.out.trim().contains(s"$moduleName.js"))
+      }
+    }
 }