POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Richard P. Dutkiewicz, a Director of Fifth Street Finance Corp. (the
"Corporation"), hereby authorize and designate each of William H. Craig and
Bernard D. Berman as my agent and attorney in fact, with full power of
substitution to:
 	(1)	prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section
l6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file the same with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and each stock exchange on which the
Corporation's stock is listed:
	(2)	prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 144 Notice under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.
	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Rule 144 promulgated
under such Act.
	This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

DATED:03/02/10

SIGNED:/s/ Richard P. Dutkiewicz

Richard P. Dutkiewicz