diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 97b691653..5bffc3eff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 -   Introduced a `skipErrorChecking` option which instructs TypeDoc to not ask TypeScript for compiler errors
     before attempting to generate documentation. Turning this on may improve generation speed, but could also
     cause a crash if your code contains compiler errors.
+-   Added support for JS entry points when using packages mode, #2037.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/entry-point.ts b/src/lib/utils/entry-point.ts
index b2efcd215..b571bcb77 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/entry-point.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/entry-point.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { createMinimatch, matchesAny, nicePath } from "./paths";
 import type { Logger } from "./loggers";
 import type { Options } from "./options";
 import { getCommonDirectory, glob, normalizePath } from "./fs";
+import { validate } from "./validation";
 
 /**
  * Defines how entry points are interpreted.
@@ -386,16 +387,12 @@ function getEntryPointsForPackages(
         const sourceFile = program.getSourceFile(packageEntryPoint);
         if (sourceFile === undefined) {
             logger.error(
-                `Entry point "${packageEntryPoint}" does not appear to be built by the tsconfig found at "${tsconfigFile}"`
+                `Entry point "${packageEntryPoint}" does not appear to be built by/included in the tsconfig found at "${tsconfigFile}"`
             );
             return;
         }
 
-        if (
-            includeVersion &&
-            (!packageJson["version"] ||
-                typeof packageJson["version"] !== "string")
-        ) {
+        if (includeVersion && !validate({ version: String }, packageJson)) {
             logger.warn(
                 `--includeVersion was specified, but "${nicePath(
                     packageJsonPath
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/package-manifest.ts b/src/lib/utils/package-manifest.ts
index 56fc65a88..a47f55e4b 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/package-manifest.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/package-manifest.ts
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ function getTsSourceFromJsSource(
     const sourceMapPrefix = "\n//# sourceMappingURL=";
     const indexOfSourceMapPrefix = contents.indexOf(sourceMapPrefix);
     if (indexOfSourceMapPrefix === -1) {
-        logger.error(`The file ${jsPath} does not contain a sourceMappingURL`);
-        return;
+        logger.verbose(
+            `The file ${jsPath} does not contain a sourceMappingURL`
+        );
+        return jsPath;
     }
     const endOfSourceMapPrefix =
         indexOfSourceMapPrefix + sourceMapPrefix.length;
@@ -253,30 +255,18 @@ export function getTsEntryPointForPackage(
     );
     if (typedocPackageConfig?.entryPoint) {
         packageMain = typedocPackageConfig.entryPoint;
-    } else if (
-        hasOwnProperty(packageJson, "typedocMain") &&
-        typeof packageJson.typedocMain == "string"
-    ) {
+    } else if (validate({ typedocMain: String }, packageJson)) {
         logger.warn(
             `Legacy typedoc entry point config (using "typedocMain" field) found for "${nicePath(
                 packageJsonPath
             )}". Please update to use "typedoc": { "entryPoint": "..." } instead. In future upgrade, "typedocMain" field will be ignored.`
         );
         packageMain = packageJson.typedocMain;
-    } else if (
-        hasOwnProperty(packageJson, "main") &&
-        typeof packageJson.main == "string"
-    ) {
+    } else if (validate({ main: String }, packageJson)) {
         packageMain = packageJson.main;
-    } else if (
-        hasOwnProperty(packageJson, "types") &&
-        typeof packageJson.types == "string"
-    ) {
+    } else if (validate({ types: String }, packageJson)) {
         packageTypes = packageJson.types;
-    } else if (
-        hasOwnProperty(packageJson, "typings") &&
-        typeof packageJson.typings == "string"
-    ) {
+    } else if (validate({ typings: String }, packageJson)) {
         packageTypes = packageJson.typings;
     }
     let entryPointPath = resolve(packageJsonPath, "..", packageMain);
@@ -287,7 +277,7 @@ export function getTsEntryPointForPackage(
     try {
         entryPointPath = require.resolve(entryPointPath, { paths: [] });
         if (
-            /\.([cm]ts|tsx?)$/.test(entryPointPath) &&
+            /\.([cm]?ts|tsx?)$/.test(entryPointPath) &&
             existsSync(entryPointPath)
         ) {
             return entryPointPath;
@@ -302,7 +292,7 @@ export function getTsEntryPointForPackage(
                 packageTypes ?? packageMain
             );
             if (
-                /\.([cm][tj]s|tsx?)$/.test(entryPointPath) &&
+                /\.([cm]?[tj]s|tsx?)$/.test(entryPointPath) &&
                 existsSync(entryPointPath)
             ) {
                 return entryPointPath;
diff --git a/src/test/packages.test.ts b/src/test/packages.test.ts
index 6ec429bc4..55f70e86d 100644
--- a/src/test/packages.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/packages.test.ts
@@ -253,4 +253,32 @@ describe("Packages support", () => {
         logger.expectNoOtherMessages();
         equal(packages, [normalizePath(project.cwd)]);
     });
+
+    it("Handles js entry points (#2037)", () => {
+        project.addJsonFile("tsconfig.json", {
+            compilerOptions: {
+                strict: true,
+                checkJs: true,
+            },
+            include: ["src"],
+        });
+        const packageJson = {
+            name: "typedoc-js-package",
+            main: "src/index.js",
+        };
+        project.addJsonFile("package.json", packageJson);
+        project.addFile("src/index.js", `exports.foo = 123;`);
+        project.write();
+
+        const logger = new TestLogger();
+        const entry = getTsEntryPointForPackage(
+            logger,
+            join(project.cwd, "package.json"),
+            packageJson
+        );
+
+        logger.discardDebugMessages();
+        logger.expectNoOtherMessages();
+        equal(entry, join(project.cwd, "src/index.js"));
+    });
 });