Kirkland's (KIRK) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Annual Report of Kirkland’s, Inc. (the “Company”) onForm 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Adam C. Holland, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ ADAM C. HOLLAND

Adam C. Holland

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

March 31, 2017