Exhibit 32.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



In connection  with the Annual Report of QCR Holdings,  Inc. (the  "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ending  December 31, 2003 as filed with the  Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the  "Report),  I,  Douglas  M.
Hultquist,  Chief  Executive  Officer of the  Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted  pursuant to ss. 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 result of operations of the Company.



/s/ Douglas M. Hultquist
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Douglas M. Hultquist
Chief Executive Officer

March 19, 2004



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