A total synthesis of the cyanobacterial metabolite brunsvicamide A and the correction of its originally assigned stereochemistry are reported. Key elements were the construction of a urea building block, peptide elongation on solid phase, and on-resin cyclization of the peptide chain, with good overall yield. Detailed structural investigations uncovered that brunsvicamide A features a previously undetected d-lysine residue in its backbone, setting the foundation for all further investigations in this compound class.