diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8fdc11a..c49e903 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -417,7 +417,8 @@
     "deploy": "npx vsce publish -p",
     "deploy:insider": "node scripts/deploy-insider.js",
     "deploy:openvsx": "sh scripts/deploy-openvsx.sh",
-    "package": "npx vsce package"
+    "package": "npx vsce package",
+    "package:test": "sh scripts/package-test.sh"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/fs-extra": "8.1.0",
diff --git a/scripts/package-test.sh b/scripts/package-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab4892e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/zsh
+
+PACKAGE_VERSION=$(grep version package.json | sed 's/.*"version": "\(.*\)".*/\1/')
+
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+echo "${BLUE}Packaging extension for version $PACKAGE_VERSION${NC}"
+yarn package && zip compare-folders-$PACKAGE_VERSION.vsix.zip compare-folders-$PACKAGE_VERSION.vsix
+echo "${GREEN}Packaged extension for version $PACKAGE_VERSION${NC}"
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