State cabinet is considering tough new measures on Monday designed to crack down on revenge porn and could introduce legislation as early as this week.

Under the changes, it would become an offence to not just share compromising images of another person, but also threatening to share them.

Police Minister Mark Ryan said the extra measures were needed to underscore the seriousness of the offence.

"It's an election commitment we want to see through, because revenge porn is an horrific crime," Mr Ryan said on Monday.

"I know some people out there might think there's little harm done by sending photos around, but there's extreme harm."

Currently Queensland only has provision to prosecute someone if they specifically try to blackmail another person.

It's understood the new laws will make it an offence to share such images in any context, as well as including provisions to force perpetrators to take down images.

The federal government last week introduced its own version of revenge porn laws to the House of Representatives, including measures which could see perpetrators jailed for up to seven years.

Australian Associated Press