The whitebacked planthopper (WBPH) is one of the most serious insect pests of rice. The nymphs and adults suck the phloem sap which causes reduced plant vigor, stunting, yellowing of leaves. We employed a mapping population composed of 113 doubled haploid lines (DHLs), derived from a cross between resistant cultivar ‘Cheongcheong’ and susceptible cultivar ‘Nagdong’, to identify the quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with WBPH resistance. The DH population was evaluated for resistance to WBPH using seed box screening test. The WBPH resistance of each lines or plants was estimated when susceptible check ‘Nagdong’ was killed using 1-9 scale according to Standard Evaluation System for Rice (IRRI, 1988). A linkage map was constructed with 119 polymorphic microsatellite markers using the Joinmap 4 software program to adjust for segregation distortion. Transgressive segregation was observed on WBPH resistance. Two significant QTLs conferring resistance to WBPH, qwbph6.1 and qwbph6.2, were detected in the regions of RM588-RM276 and RM527-RM528 on chromosome 6 with LOD scores of 3.7 and 2.4, respectively. They collectively explained 55% of phenotypic variation. These two QTLs have large effects on WBPH resistance and may be useful for establishment of marker assisted selection (MAS) in the rice breeding programs.