diff --git a/src/package.ts b/src/package.ts
index 648db2e7..6dac2581 100644
--- a/src/package.ts
+++ b/src/package.ts
@@ -493,17 +493,21 @@ export class ManifestProcessor extends BaseProcessor {
 		const preRelease = options.preRelease;
 
 		if (target || preRelease) {
-			let engineVersion: string;
+			let engineSemver: ReturnType<typeof parseSemver>;
 
 			try {
-				const engineSemver = parseSemver(`vscode@${manifest.engines.vscode}`);
-				engineVersion = engineSemver.version;
+				engineSemver = parseSemver(`vscode@${manifest.engines.vscode}`);
 			} catch (err) {
 				throw new Error('Failed to parse semver of engines.vscode');
 			}
 
+			const minEngineVersion = semver.minVersion(engineSemver.range);
+			if (!minEngineVersion) {
+				throw new Error('Failed to get minVersion of engines.vscode')
+			}
+			
 			if (target) {
-				if (engineVersion !== 'latest' && !semver.satisfies(engineVersion, '>=1.61', { includePrerelease: true })) {
+				if (engineSemver.version !== 'latest' && !semver.satisfies(minEngineVersion, '>=1.61', { includePrerelease: true })) {
 					throw new Error(
 						`Platform specific extension is supported by VS Code >=1.61. Current 'engines.vscode' is '${manifest.engines.vscode}'.`
 					);
@@ -514,7 +518,7 @@ export class ManifestProcessor extends BaseProcessor {
 			}
 
 			if (preRelease) {
-				if (engineVersion !== 'latest' && !semver.satisfies(engineVersion, '>=1.63', { includePrerelease: true })) {
+				if (engineSemver.version !== 'latest' && !semver.satisfies(minEngineVersion, '>=1.63', { includePrerelease: true })) {
 					throw new Error(
 						`Pre-release versions are supported by VS Code >=1.63. Current 'engines.vscode' is '${manifest.engines.vscode}'.`
 					);
diff --git a/src/test/package.test.ts b/src/test/package.test.ts
index a6689471..467850a7 100644
--- a/src/test/package.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/package.test.ts
@@ -2284,6 +2284,15 @@ describe('ManifestProcessor', () => {
 		manifest = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
 		assert.deepStrictEqual(manifest.version, '1.0.0');
 	});
+
+	it('should not throw error for engine version with x (e.g. 1.95.x)', async () => {
+        const root = fixture('uuid');
+        const manifest = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(path.join(root, 'package.json'), 'utf8'));
+        manifest.engines.vscode = '1.95.x';  // Non-strict semver, but acceptable
+
+        assert.doesNotThrow(() => new ManifestProcessor(manifest, { target: 'web' }));
+        assert.doesNotThrow(() => new ManifestProcessor(manifest, { preRelease: true }));
+    });
 });
 
 describe('MarkdownProcessor', () => {
diff --git a/src/typings/parse-semver.d.ts b/src/typings/parse-semver.d.ts
index 648b8b70..95b65ad5 100644
--- a/src/typings/parse-semver.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/parse-semver.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 declare module 'parse-semver' {
 	interface Result {
 		readonly name: string;
+		readonly range: string;
 		readonly version: string;
 	}
 	module parseSemver {}