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 Quarterly Report of QCR Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2004 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

August 11, 2004

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